American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-06-30
Original.
For the american UHjon.
:2Ae Worthern Hakcs--3Iiagara x7}ls.
by W. D. sIrGrRIED.

.-ae moIthefn nhakcs"-4Iiagara &'T}ls
by W. D. sIrGrRIED.
There is pleasure in the pathlcss woods,
There Is n rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society where none intrudcs
By The deep sea, and music in its roar
love not man the less, but Nature more,
FROM these onr interviews, IN which steal
-, rom all may be, or have been before,
10 mInglc with the universe and feel
" nat can ne'cr express, yet cannot all conceal.
How beautifully does the above quotation
from Byron portray the emotions of every
lover OF Nature, as he gazes with wonder
and with awe upon the beauties of creation!
How pleasant to tread the ''pathless foods, =
when the rich summer foliage hangs in beau
hiul iesloons upon the. graceful twigs, sup
ported and nourlshed by the parent trunk !
How cool and fragraat the gentle zephyrs
which linger in the shady grove, and play
with the tender flowers and leaves Amid
tie lovely trees we feel to excaim -
"Futhor, thy hand
Iiah reared these venerable columns tLou
DItst weave THIS vCrdant roor. Thou diJst look
down rP"n the naked earth,
And forthwith, rose all these fair ranks ofrecs "
Who does not leelth there is "a rapture
on tie lonely shore?" How delightful TO
@and,r along, the water course, aud, enjoy
2ffe y,shest scenery ~ na;afe Il - w
side OF the rivnlet, as it starts from the hill
SIDE and nipples over its pebbly course, the
smooth, gliding orec!:, or the swelinc river.
That We are taught the great lesson Of Ma
ID
pered upon the passing breeze, and written
upon every page of the great book of Nature.
havo alwayf loved that scenery most which
was vaTI7gattd and enriched by the water
course, whether gliding noisclessly along, or
hurrying and falling among the craggy rocks.
But am digressing, and must turn TO nv
SUBJECT, as embraced IN the caption of nv
article.
The great Lakes which skirt the northern
boundary OF our country, are among .hc
most wonderful as well as most useful bodies
OF water in tho world. When we consider
'helr number, and thoir magnitude, covering
as lhey do, more than one hundred and fifty
thousand square miles Of surface, and their
great commerce, we m"St consider them
a1.a., ,' e'G"' "o'l0c'" Out also aS great
W. '"''''S ,S "''" o'eS''nES' not surpassed in
extent ana grandeur. From their source in
the Rocky Mountains, flowing on into Lakes
"'' ""g n"! > "'0e"'ns 10 hundreds OF miles,
~, "''' "e"'' "'.'o"'"B mo rIVoTS or sifnits.
'"'' 'O'''' Il ".'9n'y water course, amght
G '.'T s,'"" '',''' "'''n' sweeping down
i,0'' "o's"' "' SG'o'al hundred feet, ad-
r''.'' o''""'o u ''e ocean, as the monarch
'''v''' i0' ','o'' '.'" '"o thousand miles,
r;oa y, :" n,' course we P'ehtIi"i tFIbuta-
- 49,, ,,' ~, ~" ''''' '."''' Upon these
.g,,..'[.''e' = Wv, ',''.'''e' 10 '"'''eI' on great
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s;, IN! '''", o'' nut" o' "y s'ei"e or by con
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% some portions OF tH' country bordering
WE o,2 ,%Oso ESnes & nna Inst, o"' not least