Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-10-02
Vol. XIV. Whole No. 1885. No. 30.

the road. From the top, = panorama of
wonderful beauty appears-the ragged
coast-line Of Maine, the many-isled French
mans Bay. towns scattered here and there,
Tar on mountains, the wide sea. combine
10 delight the eye. Ii il n halliday well
spent In this climb to the top Of Green
Mountain. Then the Ovens, live miles
away, offer the next temptation; they are
| iauded in the guide-books as prodigy Of
| nature; and they are noteworthy and
pretty,-grest arches followed out under
the cliffs by the action OF the waves; but
they are not worth 3 ten-mile walk, nor are
they better 10 see than many u wave-worn
cliif on the shores from Nahant to Pigeon
Cove. And the same may be said Of other
vaunted spots In the neighborhood of Bar
Harbor-Schooner Head, with q white pic,
tnre OF a schooner on the face of the rocks,
to be seen by the imaginative but by no
others; and the Spouting Horn, no better
thao similar dssure at Marblehead Neck;
and Gre Al Head, a cliff gigantic, it is true,
jutting out into the sea, but no more i'm
pressiYe than Eagle Head at Manchester
by-the-Sea. and not half so grand as Bald
Head Clifs near York Beach in Maine.
And the guide books and people go into
raptures over Auemone Caye--a place that
can be reached ouly at low tide, and offeI-
ing beautiful garden Of anemoneS. But
Salem guide-books have never rayed wildly
over similar treasures hid beneath Beverly
Bridge! The main features OF beauty and
grandeur at Mt. Desert are In the close
proximity OF mountains and sea: the bold
precipices upon the ocean-side OF the
mountains are very picturesque; the long
green slopes on the sides toward the land
are very pleasing. the views of the bay
aud Islands are beautiful; but the fact that
ft,sr a fa.
the place have become famous must be as
cribed TO their being visited chiefly by tour
lists who are not acquainted with other To-
calities upon the New England coast. The
books OF the hotels show 4 large majority
OF names from New York aud the other
middle States-the names of people who
have been accustomed to low, sandy or
marshy shores, aud 10 whom cliffs and cav
erns are novel sights. Yet there is great
beauty, strong charm. abundant delight,
for any one. in the larger features OF the
Island and its surroundings. The lines of
Matthew Arnold, on Dover Beach," with
verbal change here and there, may well
describe the sights, aud the thoughts IN
spired by them, which one finds At Mt.
Desert
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
pom the strait; on the fair coast the light
Cleans and i gone the cliffs OF granite stand
Glimmerng aud vast out in the tranquil bay.
only, from the long line of spray
W here The meets the moOn-blanched sand.
Listen you hear the grating roar
or pebbles which the waves draw back, aud
fling,
Al their return, high up the strand,
B~gln, ard erase and then begin again,
With trrmulous cadence slow, aud bring
The eternal note oil sadness In"
\ gu have al Vs hest what Coleriage
writes: The Earth, with its SCARED face.
is the Symbol of the Past; the Air and
Heaven. Of futnrlty." Yes, truly, for here
In mountain and valley and wave-wsshed
shore are the traces OF ages gone. and the
air and heaven. 50 often wreathed in mlsts
that break away before infinite distances
aud suddenly close in again impenetrable
and dark, are like the endless years to
come.
Go TO Mt. Desert AZ least for little
time. NJ.