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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1887)
AUTUMN MUSINGS. UNDER tho inspiration of the som. dreamy, luxurious languor, of tnlvljr Ire spirit of autumn, tho faraoui fragranco and tho glory of twctUng ver. author of "Evangelino" wroto dure. Summer bring in herre&aUraiu the following lines: no les radiant pleasure to tho mw. m . t , . Truly it U tho aeawm of early fruiU, Tlim' is a tM'autifui iint In-allnni now , . , . lt n I It nu-llow rk-l.n.s on the vhM.n'l ln, 1 WC,0U Uttm;. f h f "U " . And from a tH-ak.r full of ruhrt dy,. M "pauling bud; of poU, waving Pouring m-w glory on the atttmnn graws and of rich Lopo and pruinUo of And dicing in warm li;ht the iil!.uvd tl.xid. the coming hufol. Oloriuu autumn Morn on the mountain, like a umtiu-r bird, jlfU a grRC, An, 4l,date rhann KCuliar lift h,r rurple win;, and in the vaV, Jf j., mJ V Thetle w, .iwert an y. . Wrr, mU .JayC Ml all Kijwthebluhinilaf, and nhnuiji muh wv m , j-, Within the mA-nm wuvUufarii d-M-riini.iH-l, nature don n roU of cttly and trapkn. And silvery bm-h, and maple ydUm h avt-d, ddit lovi liuwi. Winbr may havo lU When Autumn, like a faint old man tiuduw n tli MrU and healthful, athhtifl Ity the waynido a- wy j()J.; rrjD, thoir bnd.r, languid Every region has its peculiarity of and entimental reverb; iumer iU season and scenery; every locality iU thA of mellow beauty and tnruf.bd elements of comfort and inconvenience, reie, but to autumn, tho u . u of tho of sterile mcagorueHS and of exuberant waning year, i reamed tho bright a beauty. Oregon, liko every other aUU and ricbeid coronet ntlch caturo can possesses all these conditions of climate, brntow. and distinctive characteristics of g- With tho exception of tho New In. graphical and foret features, Each gland iUK thero is probably no ro. season has iU own peculiar charm, gion in tho union Uo fret4 prrefcl Thero is a separate, individual glory of iw.r varb-gatM and brilliant U. ilar. tho winter, of tho spring, tho .umm-r, inglho fall montU than Ui Or and lastly, of tho golden autumn. Weak gm and Mi& Territory. No winter contributes to tho plcniure. of action in tho w.V. rn . uthern or mid tho dwellers in MVebfoot" in wiou. die iUH can of iwo ways. Snow and ico bring tho oxhila- UmIm f M-W rating joys of skating, sleighing and purity of atmP than o.roan U ZLl while tho long, gloomy days of M 11 M-U Zds and lowering euUIs, and tho rainy tho summer on thu it of tho cloudsandloe n , ,$ iU SlK'fe -gly ingf-UdunngJuly,AU,Ut cosy, will iignua f , f j H-jdriaUr, tht UviL drawn curtain. n. lfmfu a,l oWurr, th, outli of Cr0 our grafcd i,-.Uk. HuttUauta, utX- Tho very day, aro U. i. thoOght U fcitiMt With thO ifiCttM Of