Which pointing heavenward, appeared to wave

In benediction o'er the depths beneath.

Uneven crags and cliffs of various form;

Abysmal depths, and dire profundities;

Chasms so deep and awful that the eye

Of soaring eagle dare not gaze below,

Lest, dizzied, he should lose his aerial poise,

And headlong falling, reach the gulf beneath.

Majestic turrets, and the stately dome

Which, ovaled by the slow but tireless hand

Of eons of disintegrating time,

Still with impressive aspect rears its brow

Defiant of mutation and decay.

 

"Majestic turrets and the stately dome." MOUNTAIN VIEW, SAN JUAN, COLORADO.

 

The crevice deep and inaccessible;

Fissure and rent, where the intrusive dike's

Creative and destructive agency

Leaves many an enduring monument

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