Show V 0 1 THE COLORADO RIVER by elwyn blake y aroi the junction j of the elvers r vert green and grand flo flow W daa a s stream i of turbulent wall water er thru a barren rocky and 1 many men have braved its danger tho to them it was wag a stranger with its cliffs and barren shorts shores of liftin sifting g sand man many rn men n have felt a quiver and a sort of 0 creepy shiver As first they viewed a cataract and heard its roar tho the the men who know its secret glens and every hidden shore if assembled all together would number scarce a score achain A chain of luring canyons have been cut tho taking ages and thru this self made channel this mighty river rages many wondrous tales are re told by poets authors sages tho to give Vs its wonders justice would take many thousand pages walls of sandstone lime and granite deny to all those who woud scan it A hint as to its secrets een to those who fain would darn dam it now the canyon known as cataract Calar act Is filed with rocky sh shoals caused by boulders from the moun tian don down m which food and cloudburst rols then comes the canyon known as glen more explored and known to men with its fertie ertie verdant bottoms crossed by irrigation di ditches tebes made in times before our ken 4 after this comes marble canyon I 1 with its walls of sheer idestone im estone and its crystal springs of water with c civer where neither man made ight nor N or noonday noon day sun have sh shawn n Fo following FoI owing lowing marble is the ohp grand carved by bv a mighty unseen hand tle the greatest awe inspiring nature wonder in the lind land i thru these canyons few have traveled led many lives this stream has L claimed but some men despite its din aie re by its allurement chained NOTE th the e above was the authors author s first attempt at rhyme and was in the depths of the grand canyon in the granite gorge in 1923 |