. Here and there in New England and Canada . e saw in the distance the dusky lake fade,Empurpled with twilights last tinges;And slow came the Night, with her curtains of shade, And the round rosy moon in their marked in the sky, in the cloud-lakes on high, The flocks of bird dreamily sailingFrom the peaks in the west, and settle to restWhere the forest-light slowly was bright Alton Bay. The little port of Alton Bay, with two or three small hotels andboarding-houses, lies at the head of a deep and forest-bound fiord five mileslong, opening away from the southern end of
. Here and there in New England and Canada . e saw in the distance the dusky lake fade,Empurpled with twilights last tinges;And slow came the Night, with her curtains of shade, And the round rosy moon in their marked in the sky, in the cloud-lakes on high, The flocks of bird dreamily sailingFrom the peaks in the west, and settle to restWhere the forest-light slowly was bright Alton Bay. The little port of Alton Bay, with two or three small hotels andboarding-houses, lies at the head of a deep and forest-bound fiord five mileslong, opening away from the southern end of the lake, and not far from thefar-viewing Sheep Mountain, the Belknap Mountains, Merry-Meeting Lake,and the pleasant hill scenery of Gilmanton. There is a picturesque drive ofeleven miles over the hills to Wolfeborough. As we emerge from Alton Bays long and river-like inlet, we pass, on theright, the bold Forb Point, the seat of a Provincial border-castle in the oldbattle-days. The course lies to the north-east, across a broad expanse, with. several uninhabited islets gemming the bright lake, and the great mountainsof Ossipee and Sandwich towering in the distance. How start to light the clustering isles, Each silver-hemmed! How sharply showThe shadows of their rocky pilesAnd tree-tops in the waves below! The pleasant village of Wolfeborough, at the end of a branch of theNorthern Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad, four hours from Boston,and two hours from North Conway, has been a favorite summer-resort for
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