The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09
4 LAKE OF ETERNAL GREEN
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.sOI NTIINS
Nnu NaN Nsisr niece Frsm NJ ie' Rains
IN an Hour. but Nsu Nusi Net &c
Trrr- 10 ~taS "a o ~ place fer the
TauriN NAM fakrs ~ Many IIues.


obi" poo. = = "rarh and the c'ach was on
ta n-e,t q The pInmail Pass Behind
Of .rr .rrg. thin rnld swept dpwnward
.rr. no nAppv vliisv where Grasmere
t'i Pydpl AMI Amhsssia nestled in
..-r" ant tho Charmed dreams ~ holy
r,srru-I.s -p""p IN tho vale little
o. ~ tnwn' The wondrous name "
v rrisvorrh Shona over all the land round
a.a,u' vet NOT alone. for the names ~
t.'i-r,nge and Spu,hev cpme ~ sit On
Thor hand Bafpre tho stage the thin
r.si .NpI-si softly down into another
v0'e Trrrmere and IT. magic dwell,
'rrrs md - VAS nrt far 10 'hs confines
- ka~v.yA and the lures ~ Ullswnter md
parNen'wa'.r
IN" stage was a real ono. not a play
thing u nan IN schedule time and rustic
travellers climbed upon It with their
luggage and went ahou' 'hsir walghty
concerns from ono village g. another
unheard - beyond the fringes of the
CumNran Valley The dale~men toiled
N The fields ana the shepherds sat on The
heights, anb along The dusty merg" Of
the road strobe hrawny. riddv. lusty
asses from the country side bound on
evranls Il economic importance.
The driver q the coach wore top hat
and a red coat and nourished long
cnach whip like the homeward hound
I-nnan' e man ~ war. And he spoke
a quaint. booming English which the
American tourists w"r" hard put IN It
To understand.
But every one vas Allied with the swee,
and JOYOUS spirit II the scene The air
rrid~d health and strength The monn-
tains N ode-t mountains after Jung
fraus and Matterh"rns We, hled with
indiv duality sang their silent songs
against the lambert sky. and the rain
tina, - often drifts across thorn FINN
he dour western coast lay sleeping on
p" other side
Vu' Hs' vote~ -ea-
rest rsn -lr'-f IrE whispering through the
-~rfs
Re rnan.i.I M. FOR u unholy deeds
la axe 80 ao-id t-sng llnD ls-hsg
The wife quoted from tho imm nrtal
Iage ~ the meek and gentle bard who
made Grasmere and Rydal and Der
wentwater and AmblesIds household
Nance throughout the wide kingdom %
letters. Nhsrsupon the man answered
and aid unto her
len weiss nlch WAS solI .. h edeuten
Dass Ich 80 trauriG hin
But that said the wife. -s song
u river
50 then the man tried again in this
wise
QUAINT volt al CHAR do luna
~ tho dit De vorett ben
And that sighed the wife. is a song
- IN overrated lake where Americans
try 70 thrill with passion IN the hoskv
groves u the Villa Serbellon. redolent
~ 'hs perfumes - roses and Geraldine
Farrars voice
There are lakes and lakes commented
the man. and the waters 10 them are "a
Various ~ tho waavinas ~ a woman'z
heart There ara lakes that take every
color ~ the passing clouds and there are
lakes which are az constant a. the north
star think it was julius Cesar who
made some immortal remark about IA.
Cons'ancy % the north star after which
they -lsv him But thai - another
story ! speak ~ lakes. not only Win
d"rm~-~. but Lakes also gray brown
green and blue For there o, blue lax.
Where the great stone lion ~it- in end
less sllenc" broodlng on IN. wonder -
tho south and On either hand the solemn
mountains soar son feet into the soft
embrace - the mother pkv And there
tho water Is eternal hha No matter
what the mood 81 the skv may ~ the
water never changes Oh well I know
that lass and the Ponala cataract which
uours INTO - How dare Won speak q
ONO and thai queen = al lakes IN the
came hour
y do confess INV sin Garda - not
81 common speech Let tourists rr-ts
- Como and spout tho Numbering -reerh
q claude MsInotta. but Gardl dweIl-
m a req I'm - her own. with tho eagla-
. AustriN flashing their keen ev.-- over
h"r north md TIA children - the SIN
ard q song hr-AIng N tho sunny slopes
- nor mountains
There wasN moment - reflect We silence
m which tho voice - the stage driver
VAS heard swing ~ = helatei passenger
Ave. hev Won ra"ly coomed1-
Then the man continued in more
-ubdued tone for 10 saw that the wife
watched him narrowly
And there are grean lakes. green q.
erneralds green - the heart ~ child
There 10 the Konig- See which lies hevo-,I
IIerchteeRsden. and there il the wonderful
lake Of
do you dare name it,
7 ID forgot Bnt let ~ admit that
there IL a secret place IN the Haute SAVOY
whore there Il IN emerald green Lake
n j. not a great lake. n - little one
pnly nine miles long. hIt as Web--ar
aid ~ Dartmouth thsre ar" those who
iove IL
But vou have proTis.i thar vn'I will
'Iof reveal ,ts sacred beauties t. the DO
,1-taflrg tourist
Won speak vf'H tho wisdom - your
-oV sAl N" m-0 Rat 30 Won not
vo--or1for whist -ald tov0u whom We we've
-'''r0E IN m" top = e hin lar diTarnrt
'rnr This not Tar from N" villa - one
rrerus' ! told ypu that could preserve
tuvruIat" the -anrtIrv II this emerald
'rosu lat" ~ tho -inrl" prucc-- ~ saving
''u" things about tho hotels And nov
Tan.'i | saw Thorn. There arc no IA lace
hotels ~ THIS plar" You cannot get any
|'"s ~" nIN". Won cannot oven 20, n
-"o'r Nth p~,y1f" bah Won ~" lucky
+ r.r F"' room With y wardrph" IN ~
g.. rrt"'- a's what Ra"d"ker calls plain.
DO r...i Irnv lr" rated IN tho admir-
H..' g.Id. book ~ first rlls- but m q town
= f.o g-r'"0- .rns - Amicu- they would
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