The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-07-08
The Land We Live In,


 read the following poem, entitled The Land We Live In. | This is a land of marvel, of wonder. 1 Most salubrIOus of ciInIe>-IhJugh the home Of the thunder, Here, Nat.re completing her fabric, has don, ! As enchanting a work as lies under the Sun ! Omnipotent grandeur sands out on be right On the left, spring eternal the symbols o might. ! Hero mountains pierce realms Of perennia snow, While valleys of summer lie Jasking below Ihe MogoilOn Mountains stand far 10 the | east,
 And peep over clouds, to look down on oul
 feast.
 Thumb Butte, and Bill Williams, and Gran ite. 50 grand, i Come hlic tail giants, 70 spy out the land. The Sierr, Prieita- loom up like lall, W hiIe Eart by Us base, the great chasm ol earth oinks down to the age Of siiurian bir.h. Here are views most enchanting, vet fright ful to al Who dare venture to lit tI:e great waterfalls And canyons and caJaTacI,, ,fo. InIng in nook,, Tar down in the depths of the tlia,sic rocks. N LIle the lower cre,ac-OUs or ciiai.lv debrI s. CrumD4es midway and exposes all old ex-
 tlhCt -ca That once was, and is not, having long since
 abatet, Ages on ages cIe man wa- created. These, wI.h more thousands Of wonderful Embraced m this land of 50 many delights, sIaAe up bul portion, to when iIe invited IAe world -f mdnHInl, that none may be
 -lighleI. All the grandeur, and wonder, and scenic
 effect,
 ...sf. llI a .. AIc bu, fringe To the curtain, or iresco and Compared 10 the monuments nature hath
 r-..'. And these arc set up with so layI,h A hand That Arizona Is well styled - he Wonderful
 land" But wonders. and climate, and mountains
 and StIcanl>, The bright shIn.ng sun, and the Moons While they cheer ,rs by day, and compose us
 by nIght, AS We swIng on the ga;es or bask in the light; AiltEe>e are but condiments, sauce as IL were, I'm mlar.iu- relish to LUmiierfdro Ina l. richer in alimeni, greater in worth, More enduring ID value, more prIked on the
 cath. These are the treasures our mountains contain Awaiting tbe advent, tl:e rear Ot the tram That shall bear them to market; or bring Us
 the means Of reducing our ores by imported machines The times are propiuous, redempuon's iu
 Signt. A herald of progress, a guerdom of light Breaks in from the north, of promise a star. Bringing hope to our people, of help from
 afar. Our mountains are filled with aurif-rous
 rocks, Locked up and strong boltcd in Natures
 strong box. A key has been wanting 10 unlock the stamps And %, them to work for the "old uassay-
 amps % Who have >qaandered the prime of their
 lives in the hills, Feed ng on deer sign and dreaming of mIlls And money, and muscle, and ' can truck ''
 good >tOIe, The raIl road eyangel should bring to their The key has been found, the bolts become
 lliant, The rail road approaches with strides of
 giant. The treasures of earth tha, long have been
 hidden And the efforts of men tha: have long Eeen The one is in process of being unear;hed: And the others fuli triunph now bursts
 in.o birth. The pathway of progress. erewhile so obscure, l. now grand thoroughfare, right by your
 door. Le. us all then take courage, and iii u?
 our lamps. And keep the lights burning around the old
 camps: Let TEpH creek ani Biz Bug pour oil on
 tho flame. And famed hs7sdyanPa shout back the
 acclaim. Till Girum Creek ani santa Maria shall
 hear; And tae Brad>havs s.ud skvwarl an
 answering cheer: Then s.au old Silver Mountain respond to
 tte boom, And hard times and poverty -accumb to
 d.oIn. Turkey Creek Canon, so long tn a maze pi dOuu. a --,,..i. G2cer;aln!y, sees through the
 Laz- A light in the distance, as dy Crook an. .ha
 Ieck, \ loi .->.ar of promise. a luminous ~DerS: such a~ guiisi the shepherd, Ina hailsw5t
 morn. T. the spot in ti.e eat. where Saviour was
 u9rn. iiu."p ai@ Nu.ti:" 'Hav;-.l ,leiI own story \' la.uc-yri, cen adu .oi.-ir..tJry The copper d-p5-Ij>, as .S,l. a., the ,gf. ]. .'itle tl-.E>"lyca tpa place on the roll Ih-v "i.l not be ue-lrc-si. DOT lef, ia th.
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