. Here and there in New England and Canada . ers are bordered by masses of woodland, rich acres of wav-ing corn, and the golden lights of grain-fields. O gems of sapphire granite set! 0 hills that charmed horizons fret! 1 know how fair your moms can break,In rosy light on isle and lake; How over wooded slopes can run The noon-day play of cloud and sun. And evening droop her oriflamme Of gold and red in still Asquam. — John Greenleaf Whittier. In the map made for the Prince of Wales in 1755, this lake bore name of Ktistimpe Pond; but the old Indian name of Squam,or Asquam, soon
. Here and there in New England and Canada . ers are bordered by masses of woodland, rich acres of wav-ing corn, and the golden lights of grain-fields. O gems of sapphire granite set! 0 hills that charmed horizons fret! 1 know how fair your moms can break,In rosy light on isle and lake; How over wooded slopes can run The noon-day play of cloud and sun. And evening droop her oriflamme Of gold and red in still Asquam. — John Greenleaf Whittier. In the map made for the Prince of Wales in 1755, this lake bore name of Ktistimpe Pond; but the old Indian name of Squam,or Asquam, soon returned, and outlived the efforts of President Dwight, 1 37 who christened it Lake Sullivan. It remained as Great Squam until withinten years, when its lovers have revived the full Indian title of Asqiiam,which means simply water. Among the worthies who in old times dwelt near Asquam, the Livermorefamily claims first rank, Arthur, Samuel, and Edward of that ilk being formany years senators, congressmen, and judges; while Harriet wandered. for many years in the Orient, andhad a famous controversy withLady Hester Stanhope in the old Episcopal church,which still stands on the road toPlymouth, Judge Livermore andhis lady sat on high chairs beforethe altar, while theyeomanry occupiedbenches in a hollowsquare around, and theseven daughters of therector, with their bass-viols and sweet voices,served as the choir. Between the threelakes, Shepard Hillrises to a height ofeight hundred feetabove the sea, crownedwith a summer-hoteland several pretty cot-tages, and the Epis- ^5copal church of St. Peters-in-the-Mount, a memorial of Priest Fowle, for nearly sixty years(1789-1847) rector of this region. For half a century, this has been afavorite resort of Whittier, whose poems make frequent reference to thewonderful scenery of the vicinity. Here he wrote The Hill-Top, and the Storm on Asquam. A cloud, like that the old-time Hebrew sawOn Carmel prophesying rain, beganTo lift itself
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