The west shore., November 01, 1887, Page 784, Image 12

781 THE WEST SHORE.
road facilities as any in the state, and ington in the transportation system of
better than many which are much older the state, and will give new impetus to
and more thickly settled. The con- a ton which is already recognized as
struction of the line mentioned will one of the most thriving and enterpris.
much enhance the importance of Arl- ing in the state of Oregon.
TO THE ROOKIES.
.Stern Rockies I Monarchs of the ground
Whose forms divide the heavens 'round,
SucccHsive dwelling, day and night,
In tents of darkness and of light.
Or e'er the Indian pitched his tent
Beneath thy shadows' swift descent,
Or came with beast the leafy wood
To break thy barren solitude,
Or e'er the rise and fall of Rome,
This was thy solitary home.
What brought ye forth ? Where rest the powers
That bade ye rise in living towers,
High o'er the low, descending vale,
And pathway where the lightnings trail?
Oh, rock-bound thoughts of Deity,
That lift to contemplation high
The heart of man I How tranquilly,
Peep in the ocean of the sky,
Clone by where wander peaceful stars,
Ye hold your sway, and nothing mars
The joy of thy sublimity:
Save when the stirred hells beneath
OHx'p-bounded gulfs, tempestuously
Upheaving) fire the hearts whose throes,
Like and enslaved nation's woes,
ranting for liberty's sweet breath,
Bunt through thy rocky breasts in streams
01 flame !
Lee Fairchild.