Impervious to the rain and midday sun;

In form spontaneous, without regard

To law of uniformity, there stand

In silent awe, or whispering to the breeze,

The sombre fir and melancholy pine.

And many a denuded avenue

Of varying and considerable width,

Cut through the growth of balsam, spruce and pine,

Which stands erect and proud on either hand,

Attests the swift and desolating force

Of fearful, devastating avalanche.

 "The trachyte wall beseamed and battle scarred." SCENE IN OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO.

 

The mountain rill its pleasant music makes,

As the descendant waters roll along,

In rhythmic flow and dulcet cantabile,

In various concord and harmonious pitch,

Pursuant of its journey to the sea;

The murmuring treble of the rivulet,

Uniting with the deep and ponderous bass

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