The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-09-11
4 PROPHECY.
uood Is waking up /


Ills pallld lips oi
Grey basalt grow warm and move, 10 FREQ a
Curse confined within their mighty gripa
Million years ago when no, with others.
flushed tho decp artillery Of awful
cyolopsan war, aud yielded u the
Chill Of time
To him Joy sublime Il
Was 10 chorus with the groanng Of tho
Spheres. Ia line With all the brotherhood Of
Thundoreus Tltana.
Up from Fnego'a brawiIng
slstsrhosi. and from tho dark Antartlc,
Up past chimboraso on, through quaklng
Cordlileraa, on, through californa's
Fiery chaos. on, through Oregon, the
Battle ground Of Gods, on, on along tho
Ices OF Alaska, roarsd these mountain
DstIss. and lighted up the Arctic
Night with arss 70 asrcs that Boteai suns,
in very sanguishment went out.
stlii onward
Through the rocking continent and Into
Deep Paoino'a waves tao line marched cut 10
Threaten Asia'a distant coast until they
Stoed with cold brine 70 thsir very nostFila.
One by one they spent their fury. One by
ons thsy yielded 70 the stealing eooiness
OF ths sphere. Among tbs laas 70 sleep waa
Hood.
Al first his rocky nostrli nuttered
F1tIuily and. Ia = half aslirlous niambsr,
Ne tosapd out tho sea tha. tavsd his
Fllnty RIBS.
And then ha seemed 10 sleep.
The young ar sproused In his shadow. Swesiest
Grasses lursd tbs Antslopa, The mountain
Sheep. the ehAaioIs of tbs weai, looked into
Tho abystnal threat whenes hot the yapors
OF the glAnt'a buraIng heart assembled.
Emisra1is. With beating hopss of future homes,
stole through the pAasss b the farther west.
This years sseps on. No fear shook any heart:
Although. anon. student u the rocks
Would visw The lava beds aud wrlte or
spsAk his dark naIsgivinEa
Bent on riches.
Men s.lil piowed aud sowed aud reapsd ths harvest
Bait aud entered Ia. They somstluas spent
Day about ths giaeasrs of She m9uatain;
And SONS wise ones said Il was but yesterday
That this eeld sumHls was bSaeon
Fer thousand miles around. A hardy
oas or Two declared lhs rocks were yss loo
Hst Tor human feet. Some ksen eye In the
Far Of city saw sEaoks 20 up from
Hood.
And thus She word vsal round
And yst no fear tsll on meas hearts.
A. las. tourist
From TIE foot of sens eide Geld u ios whsnes
Flows river came 70 sown. lie had
skslsA Of two os golden morn and purple
Eve. in all u which. The awful head ot
Great dsad yaleAn, rising from his gfiExied
Beard sGtFees. detained The consultations
''whsn. said he. II qasaehsd my torch II Mig ht
AID vent 70 slesp. no rock about the mountain
Top vas bare bat, in Tho morning. looked
Up v sc . thousand roods of bare and
baasksasd Fsek. where. but shs night before, the
sAfoud ot snow lay deep.
Not he alone bat
May snag and happy burghsF In The
Deep and qaiss valley spsnt . night of
BlrAags unrest.
The kettles In the poar mans
Pantry danced Wild and rAttng llg. Tho
Beetles on ths sumpsnsus sldsboArd of tho
Rleh gfsS drunk ard realsd like Haechns
Ard The shAndsllsrs wishia The sacred chapel
ssAyed Ike esnssrs. DlEsy slssplssaasus lay
Lake spsii Absvs. The pillows et the
People
Yss again the dread wore %.
LsngsA. on. 81 nasr day Jsbsyaa s,aTasi hls
Toosssool trom beneath
A far on siga Of
sosns lmpsndlnE wos. mutssr. half IN
Whisper. ot some fsil calamity. stole
inso cars. tlIi nos. unused % ssFrer.
Mature eauEhis breath and hsld Il listening.
TAsn one blindlag. ssaanlng Jar eotnpsspssI tbs
Very ais. till syshAiis achsd and hearts grew
Sick. "A lnstast later lsll The earth
possn tsihons down. ~ drsps fsion
Throush the trap asor os gAllsws.
Eagles.
On tbs eFass we're left tnidair. Their parehes
oIisk escaped thslr clutches Jerk on JERK, Ia
spisstal saieknsss followed. Rivers paused aud
Turned thea disappeared. sr ross in feAnslng
BrsAksEh AL ths dslsial creatures hGunting
Hoods dssp mAnsis. dAssd By fear, forgot their
Nsturs. Panshsrs. .tooshsd and nailed like kittens
F~wssa. The tlmld deer asd down The Slopes !;
And nice or greedy. wild or gentle. terror
haAa alike.
These throes held on sia winter.
oues again tbs winter storm les sotlly
Down hls shroud Of saow. Again tbs ssesplag
Avalanche would sSol The great vslcanos
ThFohblng temple. and tbs winds csnsplrsd 70
Stay the kidding fever sn hla forehead.
Yalnly we're the scanned ana hardened features
Wet with winter rain for al the merciea
Thsi aescsnd from Heaven can aos cool tAs
Heart when st on hre Fl hell
Look up Tho
Lard blaxs Of Tophet pours . deinge,
Higher than Mount ArAyAt, of crimson
Light The faces Of the multitude are
BUDDY With tho wArmsst hua Of happy
Health but terror started eyehaiIs, spsschicss
Lips, and movements numb. declare . helpless,
Blank hiatus Of despair,
The earthquake
Dies ApAee but Hood rsvlvsA
The stream Of
Smoke bears cd across the continent .
Huge, unerring, tOFsuous lassc, cruel,
Black ~ Death aud, with its thick mercuriai
Fumes, IL tlghtons round the yistls ofa
Miiiisn. Boa. or Python. that from neshss
TartArus ascending. seehss writhins,
Hungry thousand miles Of length Ills mottled
Frontsways back and fourth abovea nation
Down the valleys run rod streams OF fluid
Iron. Showers OF burning sulphur blast and
Blaeksn al the land, Ths swayIns. fitting
Earth subsIdeS until the ocean sweeps where.
But wseitAgo, tbs pIowman stood.
Five
Aonths hell pour out thsir quenchless hate
And thsf The slow relapse Of peace comes on.
The
Statesman stands appalled, 10 view the ruin,
Mariners set out again. The farmer
Seeks his field, The weaver starts bis shuttle
And In allths wide domain flecr
Breathing comes.
Old Hood Is sleeping now.
The red rock cools 70 black. The python has gone
BACK 70 hell. The echoes come no longer