Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-07-26
Marvels of Nature.

Cast thine eyes where thou wilt, oh, student dea
Observe with care, rocks trees leaves
lilies pallid,
And thou wilt long mediate in wonder
On beauty or glar OF plant or crystal solid.
Who this mystery of nature explains.
That from the seed grows the plant SO firm
And with richest hues dyed. and which retains
Food very nutritious, also very tasteful?
How vast the land, how deep the salty sea,
How picturesque the forest grand, with co
And yet, all these the work Of Nature be.
And SO exist that pleasure from them w
may win.
Beautiful as is the flower,
Picturesque the woodland,
Firm as is Rome's highest tower,
Solid the Atlantic's strand
~ All these must hasten to decay
A gain ask in modest tone,
Who this secret explains?
But hear no answering one
rOr Nature this refrains-
Why all things hasten to decay
Swiftly flows the riveret deep and clear,
Ger glittering pebbles and sands Of puresl
gold,
On its bosom carrying autumn's scar
Leaves dyed by the sun, beautiful to behold!
Soon a confluence there is, with stream,
Larger, deeper, more magnificent, and splash
rorer on-6h beautiful flowing stream.
Onward rushing %sth gushing dashing' dash
Sor'''s like Moscow's tintinnabulations
From the waters seem to come and 90,
And sounds bowling with interrogations-
. Mother Nature, when stop we? woe-woe-
woe woe!
Among ruins OF ancient Greece,
Fancy thou art roaming;
Here are no flowers fair, no trees, .rlt4@ ST..
W. No sparkling streams flowing. - .
tx g, - T. e, ~ Are also these Natures marvels:
Here honest labor's signs exist,
True wonders of the day,
But Of all these, none can resist
The calling to decay.
: 20 Nature, these are thy marvels!
BEHOLD thou superior's embellished strand
90 And the bright, cOlOred waters against 1t
splashing;
Here tremendous pillows subdue rock, land,
And cause deafeliing roaring and sharp
. kissing.
For many years these pillows roll and hiss,
: Sparkling from the SUMS light ut dawn Of
summers day,
Playing. laughing with the strands sad debris.
Bursting. rushing, crushing at every point
g.: and bay.
And the durable, threatening power
u these waters laughs at the nations of brave
And ut the frail but beautiful flowers.
These pillows ever singiny-when stop we,
oh, when?
Thou knowest also a river
Yellowstone of the West
Bold river, beautiful river.
g, Ofall wonders grandest-
Magnificent stream. golden stream!
From the woodland nigh, come the deer
H.. To sip its water sweet,
Stand in attentive mood, TO hear
Echoes of buSles sweep
The bosom of the water serene.
Observe thou a lso geysers steaming hot
Covering mountain side painting it snow
x white;
And these waters, unblemishe6 by q dot.
Are for'er spouting and sparkling in stream
SO bright. =,
But shall welforget the lofty mountains,
y; So immense so impossible to deineate,
So high, SO trm-O such elevations!
.1E& preciate?
Thousands of trees, picturesque and grand.
Embelishng each rivers banks and mount
: ~ aims side,
Have grown from small seeds buried in the sand
But are all these Fastening to decay-O why!
O trees, beautiful verdant trees,
Z Why do We shiver so?
% billOwy seas, angry SEAS
Why do sc roar so?
%ss; To winds power do We comply
Immense mountain, rocky and grand.
Forming a valley wall 49,,
Or towering on oceans strand, #.@
Thou art SO very tall, T..
s@i2 -. Thy lofty peaks pierce the blue sky
&a5% Louis D. KITOWSKI.