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Show For tho HEiiiLD. SOXG OF KEBO. Dedleatoil to Clon. Henry A. Morrow, C. S. A. HOOD ALSTOS, (Mimnt NpUo, In JiiFib County, nt tlio hod of Utuli Like, I tho litfliest pik In tlio Wnsatcli niouiitnloH, lln altitmlo being n bout 1,2-Jl) fort above en lorol). W bon tho years wero younft, And the earth was frco, I arose from tho depths Of lho purple soi; Came out ol tho sea. From its desolate gloom, Co mo out of the soa Liko a ghost from tho lomh; Ard hero I sian I so r and and bo hifib. A oluinn of stone for the dome of tho sky. I b&ro a'oft On my bo&d nod shoulder, The shells of the sen. And tho ocean buullors. The onrlh was in labor, Tho waves ran hint). When 1 cbnngid my plnco In lho sea for the sky. M y story is wondrous, wondrous ("transo. I'm lho tailoat peak id tho Wasaloh iddeo My face wears a smilo. And sometimes a rrwn; I rosomblo oartb's molar Turned upsido down; I've six groat crowns Of erystaliied lorra, Wreathed by tho clouds As thoy whirl in tho storm-With storm-With my foot li tie oarth nnd hoad in lho aky, Tho child ol Evor and Evor am I. Tho winds of tho ng03 llavo fanned my ohook, Tlio Eollinft sun Has kissod my poak; Over the linos Of century wavos; And iv hat oaro I For tho caves nnd till graves. Tiroo fcr tho iacos has dun sincoll Camo out of the tea to hold up tho sky. My hoad is white As the foam of tho Boa; Tho ghastly pines My bristles be. Nature has covered My form below, With a mantle of green, And my peak with rnow. With my 1. et in the earth and head in lho sky, I liiuah a Timo as he hurries by., I catch tho Grot ray Uf to' morning sun, 1 And whon tho d iy Wlion tho day is do-.e, Tho lingering raysj On my lap 1 lold, And thon I become A jiillar oi gold, And pli-me myjolf with tit cmtuli ofsoow, Vthil t the earth growu dark and gloomy below. ublimo t Etand; And, it seoins to mo, Tho pearly gates 1 con plainly sod; i And they aro ajar, Inviting mo To rose from tho earth As 1 riso from tho sea, Msiostic and grand at tho time of mt hirlh; But ai as I my foot aro scaled to th' earth. |