The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-11-27

The Eagle.

For an embodiment of celerity. 1.-the ap;li,
and transmigratory power the ornithoIoeist ad
vances the eagle. For him the yawning ABYSS
the beetling crag. the menacing tumultuou
avalanche, the tempest SCARED and riyen cliff
the clouoswathed mountain peak hold no ter
rors Tor situated on the ioftiest inaccessible min
lacie Oh !utting crag he hath chosen his eyris
ana lain the sapless twigs to enshelter his off
spring. He who appears ''the monarch of all
he surveys, is enabled with unparalleled eoua-
nlmity to behold the domain of man and NAV
be legitimatey entitled the bird OF tireless WING
and exponent of untrammeled freedom. Now
sprlngeth he from his rocky stronghold. he hath
sailed beyond the snow-clad stepe and cleft the
trackless air; upward more boldly and speed;lv
than shaft from a bow he soareth. with a
graceful, easy buoyant fight significant of nm.
reserved capability. Behold, his gaze is intent
on the fathomleSs AZURE far, inexpressibly far
ABOVE him. The sunlight mautles his ouiveriug
plhlons Win consummate glory, their beat
ecnoes not TO mortal ken, his exultant cry of
triumph Is lost in the wildeling void Of the
roaring OF mundane hurricane, of the remote
presence OF a vast and rolling sphere he is SUBJ
Hmely unconscious; he resembleth an object
enfranchised from the influence OF gravitation.
with vision undazzled by the sun he exploreth
alien realms, he seemeth to seek the confines of
steller lands for his fight is still steadily tire
lessly IN the ascendant, he hath outdistanced
the heecy vapors that wander toward the bosom
vi 'n~ 'erdant world, hath entered the ineffable
obscure, the realm of the viewless atmosnhera
oefono the tremulous welkin. OF peril he
recKeth not nor fatigue, he is utterly compan-
lonless, indefinitely solitary, the only being Of
clay permitted to visit the silent, boundless
vault OF immaculate heaven; his gaze is still ir-
reVocably directed toward the inspiring ceruleau
canopy he hath pierced its attenuated yoof:
Will not some guardian spirit OF the intense dim
Thule he hath attained pilot him to the enyirons
OF the kingdoms beyondi Would il not no
guerdon meet for such indefatigable effort. an
tlcjpation and desire? Nay, he is a visitant
terrestrial. nomad, wherefore pryeth he with
IN the pale of the nanleless, the unknownl Is
II his ambition deserteth him, hath his enyiable
sustained peregrination received a check. hath
some denlzen OF the unexplored intimidated
him or have the purlieus been achieved where a
worldly lnhabitant is conscious of the immuta
Die decree; THUS far shalt thou proceed and no
farther" Be such as it may, there is an abrupt
rotatory movement, momentary suspension of
the extended plumes an interval of delibera
ton, then like streak OF curbless lightning or
an Irresistible thunderbolt he rusheth with un-
mitigated velocity downward. Beneath him he
vieweth the feecy cloudlets and contendeth
with adverse atmospheric currents, low and
more low he falls and falls, earth's snow-en
veloped SUBMITS become visible like turreted
minarets, the region Of solidity and adamant is
again manifest stimulated by incomprehensible
parental instincts in a series of semicircular
evolutions he droops and droops till the blank
gray frontiers of the precipitous granite ravines
and massive immovable battlements heave into
sight, the music of turbulent torrents becometh
more distinct, with one prodigious whirl of b is
ponderous wings he alights on the prominence
abutting his eyrie, terminating thus his hazard
Gus aerial voyage. HARRY Cox.
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF oLEDoI
LUCAS COUNTY %
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