The Yosemite and Other Verse (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Excerpt from The Yosemite and Other Verse

The Yosemite The Walls

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Behold the glorious archetype
Of all that man has ever planned
These massive walls in beauty stand,
In color soft and glowing, ripe
For the sun's touch, a mantle hung
Upon the peaks which blossom into color flung
Upon this wondrous work of time.
Here elements of every clime
Unite to make a marvel. Giant walls
Fit for Olympian halls
Are worked with hieroglyphic art
Older than Egypt. Here an arch
Is sprung, whose span the Roman builders' heart
Would have rejoiced. Here a march

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.