The Hood River glacier., December 03, 1914, Image 6

About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933

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HOOD UIVEIt GLACIER, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914
YELLOWSTONE PARK
IS A WONDERLAND
Third Installment.
Copyright Nov. 1914, by 0. P. Dabney
The first place of interest wis at the
crater of Old Faithful geyser, where
for centuries, no doubt, she haa been
playing for the amusement and inter
eat of all lookers-on. throwing boiling
water into the air from 75 to IM ieet.
at regular intervals of 65 to 70 min
utea. and as 1 stood near its old shabby
side and carefully studied its character
1 thought that if tha human race were
each as faithful to the other as that
great wonder of nature la to the many
thousands who geze uponMts constancy
that thin would be'a better world.
We next visited the butterfly pool, so
named for the reason that its shape re
aemhles the out-spread wings of a but
terfly, but ten thousand times larger,
and with colors more gorgeous than
ninat butterflies.
Our neit place of interest was at the
Bee Hive, which ia neaily six feet in
diameter at the base and slopes to
nesrly three feet at the top, with a
crater opening of about 18 inches. 1 he
cone very much resembles in sbspe the
old bee hives in the days of our fore
fathers. Its play is spasmodic, and
when in action the water is thrown up
200 to 2.'0 feet in the air. The cone is
four feel high'and it requires the space
of 30 years to build one inch in height.
At that ratio, it must have started to
build 1018 years before America was
discovered.
The Sconce cone looks just like an
enormous sponge with thousands of
tiny cells, etc. It is a dark grayisn
color and the formation is very pretty.
The Lion, Lioness and two cuba are
practically grouped together, with one
cub on each side or tne noneBS ana per
harm ten feet awav. while tha Lion is
20 feet away and directly in front of
the Lioness. And It is said mat wnen
the Lioness plays then one of the cubs
will take part, and then the other cub
will play at sucn a time as me i.ion
A M ranee natural wonder.-
We have passed so many other places
a! interact that it wnnld rpntiire the
writing of a large book to tell about
them. Hut while we were pausing for
a moment looking down into the depths
of China geyser, we were told by our
guide (without vouching for the verac
ity of the story) that a Chinaman at
one time started a laundry in a tent
which he pitched directly over the pool
ef hot water and one day he accidently
let drop a box of soap into the water,
and instantly the action of the water
began rising higher and higher and
eventually carried the tent, Chinaman
and all, up into the air a thousand feet,
and strange as it may seem, the China
nun never missed a rub going up or
coming down. But it is a fact that
when soap is thrown into a pool the
actien of the water immediately starts,
and one of the rules of the park is not
to throw soup into the pools of hot
water.
We have spent the afternoon in view
ing the many different places, all of
which were intensely interesting, and
have returned to our camp, and while
we are resting under towering pines we
agHin watch the display of Old Faith
ful. After dinner has been served we
accompany our guide to the Old Faith
ful Inn, where we are shown by one of
the porters the most unique building
of its kind in the world. The building
is a five story structure built entirely
of pine logs with the bark on, just as
they wore brought from the forest.
The stairways are made from split logs
with the flat side up, and the banisters
and railings aro made of twisted,
knotted, gnarled and crooked natural
timbers. The ceilings are covered with
split lodge pules joined closely to
gether. The tire place in the main
lobby is 14 feet square, and stands
nearly in center with a large opening
on each side, and then at each of the
corners there is a smaller tiro place,
which makes eight in all. The stone
structure continues on up through the
five stories, but the number of lire
places are less after the first or second
floors. On one aide of the stone chim
neys wub attached a great steel clock
with a dial four foet across, and the
hands nearly two feet long. The clock
runs by means of weights which hang
down beside the wall and the steel
pendulum hangs down nearly 10 feet
and makes the time for both the Dudes
and 8aages.
The great wide portico in front of
the building is supported bycribs built
with the natural logs, which rest on
undressed stones most of which are
ornamented with lichen and other
moss. Much of the furniture is as old
as the building itself, and everything
generally is in keeping with the eccen
tricity of the great structure. The
duors are hung with .long strap iron
hinges, bolted securely, while the latch
is a long heavy iron, and altogether
the doors reminded me of the doors in
sonic of the old feudal rustles in Eu
rope. WA rlimhnd thft Rtnira nnn nftar un.
other, viewing different apartments on
our way, until we came out on top of
that great structure where we found
standing and sitting room for a hun
dred or more people, and from there
we had a splendid view over that great
baaln containing so many phenomena.
It was the Fourth of July when we
were there and flags of many nations
wore floating in the breeze of that de
lightful summer evening. And I never
shall forget the beauty of Old Glory as
she, without a peer, OoHted in the
breeze nearly H0O0 feet above those
that waved peacefully on the broad
l'aciflc.
After a detour of that most wonder
ful building, our guide led the way to
llaynes Stuiiio, where a lecture by Mr.
Haynes was given on the geysers'
formation, etc.
He suit! in part, according to the
llunacn theory, which is taken foi
authority, that Bonietime in the dim
past, a very deep basin or crater must
nave existed within the borders of high
mountains which almost surrounded it
and some of which belched forth in
unknown quantities molton lava, which
cooled and crusted on the surface, and
later vegetation covered the surface.
The lava naturally in cooling contract
ed more or less so that more or loss
fissures and subterranean caverns were
formed, by which water eventually
found its way down to the yet molten
lava, and as the water heated the steam
naturally had to find a means of es
cape, consequently the many vents in
the way of springs, pools, and geysers,
and to form the geysers the hot steam
and water must be forced up through
cavity pipes, something like or on the
same principle, that we foice water
through the nozzle of a garden hose.
Hence the smaller the cavity for cer
tain power of steam, naturally the
higher it will force the water.
The lecture although not lengthy,
was both instructive and interesting.
When he had concluded I asked what
is the compositiona of the various
cones, etc. He answered that in many
places it is a vegetable growth and
would grow in water heated to 185 de
grees, Fr. Then 1 asked if that were
true, that gave or produced the various
colors in the formations, pools, etc.
Ha answered. "They are produced by
tha various gases of which tfca water
It impregnated.
That aaomad ta roe to be Serf teat
enable solution, for 1 bad noticed that
when the water bad ceased to run the
eolor bad faded out to nearly white,
or ashen color.
It ia now 9 pm. and we are again
seated around great camp tire, munch
ing popcorn white we look with great
intent at the display of Old Faithful at
the aearch light from tne top oi uio
Faithful Inn. it thrown upon iU won
derful action. The effect wat most
beautiful, at the great volume of hot
water shot up high in the air, and tiTen
aa the water fell back in millions of
drops, they looked like to many dia
monds nlavina in midair. At a late
hour we retired to our aeparate tents,
which closed our third day on July 4th,
and to ssv the least our dreamt un
doubtedly were clouded with diamonds
from Old Faithful geyaer.
At 7 a. m. the dudet were again
teated in their accuttomed placca and
the roaches strung out one after an
other on the great bigwhay, leaving
the land of geysers behind us, as we
traveled mile after mile through lodge
pole timber and then through forests
with trees of greater dimensions, ana
following mountain streams aa they
meandered their way around great ai
lent boulders, or close to the base of
perpendicular walls of rock crowned
with many fantasies.
We are now on the Continental Di
vide, at an altitude of 8240 feet, and
from that point of vantage, we had a
splendid view of the Telon mountains,
whose tall peaks covered with everlast
ing snow gliBtened and sparkled in the
sunlight, while at their very base rest
ed in peaceful serenity Shoeshone lake.
At we proceeded on our way we re
crossed the great divide at an altitude
of 8345 feet, and on its very lap, in all
its grandeur and serenity lay a narrow
lake a half a mile in length, and with
out a murmur, it separatea itself send
ing part of itt water to the Atlantic,
while the other contribute! to the Pa-
cilic ocean.
From there we descended the moun
tain, winding our way through the
deep gorges, passing ledges and great
walla of grotesque rocks witn tneir
grotos, etc., until we arrived at Yel
lowstone lake, which resembles some
what Lake Lucerne, which it the
chaim of the Alps, and to a point
where are located several interesting
geysers, pools, paint pott, etc., and
nearby, too, in the edge of the lake, is
located the famous Fib!) cone, where it
is possible te catch fish in the lake and
without turning around cook them in
the crater of the cone.
After spending tome time at these
interesting places, we were driven
around the Thumb, or arm, of the lake
to the lunch camp, where clustered
many pretty evergreens which cast
their shadows in the clear blue of the
lake. From that place all who wish
may go by boat down the lake to the
night camp, or to the Colonial Hotel at
tha lower part of the lake, nearly 18
miles away.
At the Thumb, the Savages gave us
a good hot lunch, and while they lin
gered near they did not molest us dur
ing whole hour's rest, but when we
started off on the road again, their
"yells followed us for half a mile.
After driving along the lake shore
for nearly four miles, we stopped at
the base of the mountain, which we
climbed In order to cross the great
natural bridge which spans a deep
gorge.
A little further on we came to the
Knotted Forest, where the trees have
grown in many fantastic shapes. They
are knotted, gnarled, twisted, crooked,
dwared and really, if the Devil, him
self, had been the architect he could
hardly have studied out more strange
formations in the growth of timber.
It was from different portion! of the
drive in the afternoon that we taw the
Giant'a Head, or Sleeping Giant, as it
silhouetted against the blue sky far to
the east of us.
Hut it is now 6 p. m. and we have
just arrived, after a 31 mile drive, at
the night camp located in a pretty for
est and near the lake shore. On our
arrival we were surrounded by a band
of Savages, who toon relieved us of
our worldly goods, and we were left to
follow them, to where we had been as
signed, and there to live in exile or
seclusion, if we pleased, until the next
morning.
We were not a little interested in the
deer and elk that were wandering
about, peeping at us through the open
ings, seemingly eager to learn to what
class of Dudes we belonged, while the
bear came about the garbage eans at
the rear of the great log kitchen,
where the older ones growled and
fought for supremacy, while the cubs
got away with the garbage.
After dinner tome of our party strol
led out along the pebbly shore of the
lake, where we were much interested
in tha maneuvers of the wild swan,
beaver, musk rats and a deer that was
seen swimming across a little arm of
the lake. Owing to the density of the
forest that surrounded our camp, and
the dark clouds that were fast obscur
in the sky and tho twinkling start, a
camp fire was started earlier in the
evening than usual. And after a num
ber of songs had been rendered by the
Savages, some of the gentlemen Dudes
were called upon for speeches, but be
fore they were through the thunder
began to roll around on the tree tops
while the lightning played hide and
seek through the branches above our
beads, and the rain began to come
down as if through a sieve with large
meshes. So both Dudes and Savages
were driven into the large reception
room, where after the speeches were
done, they all joined in singing Nearer
My God to Thee, and Auld Lang Synne,
and as the last fa trains of music died
away our fourth day in wonderland
terminated, and during that long night
there was not. a yell from a Savage or
a noise of any kind except the gentle
patter of the rain on our well stretched
tents.
The next morning the weather was
bright and clear. The sun rose slowly
in the cast and came up from behind
the Giant's Face, casting a shadow far
out on the bosom of the now tranquil
lake. The rain had cooled the atmos
phere and to breathe the ozone put new
life into both soul and body, and really
we felt as though a new lease of life
bad been given. The roads were in a
perfect condition, and a few miles'
drive brought us to the end of the lake
and from where the Yellowstone river
emerges and atarta out to contribute
its mite to the great Missouri river.
Although our objective point in the
day's journey was the Grand Canyon,
we fully enjoyed every mile of the way
as we followed along the banks of the
river for mile after mile and watched
the speckled trout in the water on our
right, while to our left were seen the
deer and elk leisurely feeding or stand
ing in the shade of some cluster of
trees. After driving several miles we
stopped at the Mud Volcano. It is in
deed a wicked looking crater about 30
feet inWameter. The ash colored mud
is constantly boiling, bubbling and
blubbering. The contents of the crater
are thrown up in jett and in great
chunks sometimes many feet in the air,
most of which falls back into the cra
ter to be stirred and thrown out again
and again. Tha olaee ia really moat
obnoxious, and if bitan was boilm
down tha tint of the world there coul
not 'emirate from it a mora obnoxious
odur.
Soma 200 jardt away it located the
Gable gevaer. Tbe cone ia aeven or
eight feet high and at an angle ef 45
degreea and protends Iron) a crevasse
in a rock wall. Ihe cone la in the
tbape of shark's bead with tha laws
extended about nve ieet, ana irom
which boung water ra continually gush
ing out, to be swallowed and gurgled
down aa fast aa it comet up. It it
purely a case of "having to take your
own medicine.
We have entered the Hayden Valley,
a most beautiful stretch of landscape,
through which the river broadena out
and runt leisurely along, where tna
wild gam by the hundreds go down to
drir.k and to feed on the tender vegeta
tion that grows along itt banka. He
fore leaving the valley we crossed
Trout Creek, a pretty wandering moun
tain stream, and one of tha tributaries
of the Yellowstone, and in it! many
turns it hat naturally carved out the
great Chinese signs known ai "Yang"
and "Yin", and which have become so
famoua aa a trademark of tha W. f,
Kaiwlay Co. The outline it almost at
perfect at if it had been executed by a
landscape gardener.
We have left the valley with itt great
profusion of flowers and the wild
charmt of nature, and are winding our
way through the forest, tome distance
from where the mighty power of the
river hat cut ita way deep through
strata of rock and clay. We are now
on the left side of the river as we bave
followed it down; but ai our camp was
on the opposite side, we were first
driven down past the Canon Hotel and
then to Inspiration Point, and in going
there we passed the Devil's Watch
Charm, which wat to our left.
It is a aolid granite boulder about 12
by 15 feet and 15 feet high. It ia a
hundred yarda from the edge of the
great canyon, and pine treea have
grown up around, and it teema atrange
that there are no other rockt or houl
ders of ita kind within many miles.
On arriving at Inspiration Point, we
left the coaches and by means of steps,
etc., we walked on a well constructed
platform far out on the point which ex
tends well out overlooking the great
canyon, and from where we had a good
view of the Canyon, Lower Falls, and
the river far below us, aa it wound in
and out, curving around great walls of
indescribable beauty and color.
Did you ever tee anything to "beauti
ful so grand, to inspiring? was the
question asked by many, while others
whispered, "Oh! and Ah! "Ye
Gods! Would I could paint it," one
man waa heard to exclaim aa he looked
down into the mighty depth nearly 2000
feet.
We went from one vantage point to
another with such admiration and in
fact inspiration as no pen can describe
and no language can express: until
lunch time, and thua we were driven up
the river te where we crossed the
great concrete bridge that spans the
river just above the upper falls, and
entered into the heart of a primeval
forest. '
It seemed that the lunch today some
how intermingled with the spirit of in
spiration that had, a half hour before
come over us, so that it could not have
tasted better, and after which we were
lead by our guide over a winding trail
through the forest to Artist Point, two
miles from camp. Artist Point is on
the opposite side and further down the
river, from where we had already been
touched with inspiration; and from it
the view was very much better and the
colorings, shown to better advantage,
From that point one has a broader
view, so that the scene it so grand.
mysterious and wonderful that one
would almost fain to remain there al
ways. The most wonderful part of the
canyon commences at and including the
lower falls, where the water of a river
nearly 300 feet wide above the gorge,
ia rushed through between rock walls
that are not more that 75 feet apart,
and then with a sheer drop of nearly
350 feet the water falls in a mass of
white foam, aoon to resume its color of
green and blue with ribbons of white,
and then rushes on toward the sea.
while the mist from the falls which
from some cause Btriket one particular
part of the canyon so that grasses,
lichen, moss and flowers grow inter
mingled with the various colored form
ation and produce a picture more effec
tive and beautiful than the Japanese
nower gardens around lokio.
While nearly opposite and across the
river on a little bench rests a pile of
snow and ice the size of a large house,
and as the heat or the rays of the sun
ever penetrate its locality, it is a per
petual icehurg. As 1 have stated, the
most interesting part of the canyon
commences at the lower falls and ex
tends nearly three miles down the
river, it is nearly half a mile wide at
the top and slopes in various shapes
and angles dowq nearly 2000 feet to
the turbulent river that is forcing its
way through the gorge that is 50 or 00
feet wide.
To relieve the monotony of the
shades of color, which are more than
50, there are here and there castlelike
formations, some with spires or pin
nacles extending up hundreds of feet,
while to others are clinging by the
roots an evergreen or a cluster of
them, and in looking at them one is
often reminded of many of the old cas
tle ruins along the Rhine and the Dan
ube ruins. We spent the afternoon in
strolling along and lingering here and
there and gazing down into the depths
of that mysterious world. It waa hard
indeed to loose our gaze from the pan
orama before us. Sometimes our at
tention was called to some eagles' nest
far out on one of the pinnacles, and
sometimes with our glass we could see
an eagle raise itself in the nest, flap
itt wings, seemingly to challenge both
Dudes and Savages to come to its lofty
castle.
The campflre was started early, but
the Dudes were unable to sing or tell
stories, their thoughts reverberated
with the mysterious and beautiful
scenes, by which we were nearly sur
rounded, and as they sat in groups and
talked, some longed that they might
have been artists capable of spreading
upon canvas true to its nature, that
great wonder of the universe, while
others wished for the poetic touch of a
Milton, Scott or Burns or a Shakes
peare on Avon, that they might be
able to put into verse that inspirational
garden of the angels. And this ended
the fifth day of our trip on July 6.
After a heatty breakfast the next
morning we took one more look at that
mysterious garden of the angels and
departed for Willow Creek camp where
we arrived in time for lunch, and after
which we were driven back to Gardi
ner, where we boarded the train for
Livingstone, and from there departed
to our several homes, feeling that the
trip through that great wonderland had
amply repaid us a thousand times for
time and money expended.
For the benefit of those who may
sometime feel inclined to visit that
great wonderland, 1 will state, that
there are three transportation compan
ies operating from Livingstone and
Gardiner, via: The Yellowstone Pat k
Association, who own and cperate the
magnificent hotels, at convenient and
moat interesting points of interest;
Tbe Wylie Permanent Camping 'Co.,
and the Sbaw and Powell Camping Co.
1 may tay of all tbete companies,
that their management and accommo
dation could hardly bave beer, better,
and that the great eolony of Savagei
were competent, courteous and enter
taining. HORTICULTURAL S0
GETY PLANS MADE
Great preparations are being made
for the annual atate convention of the
Washington State Horticultural Asso
ciation, which is staged tbia year at
Wen a tehee, in tbe heart of an immense
fruit growing aeetion. The dates of
the convention are December 9, 10 and
11.
R.E. Trumble, secretary of the
Association, atatea that be ia having
excellent auccesa In the preparation of
the official program, having secured
some of the ' brightest mind in the
horticultural galaxy of the United
States for the Wenatchee meet.
Among those of especial mention are
M. B. Waite, bead of the Division of
Plant Pathology, Washington, D. C,
the originator of the present successful
methods of blight control ; Dr. A. J.
Cook, commisisoner of horticulture for
the atate of California, one of the
ablest horticultural minds on the Paci
fic alope; state executive. Governor
Lister, as well at Ira D. Cardiff, direc
tor of the atate experiment etation
work, of Pullman College. Hesidet
these there are such men aa W. H.
Paulhamus, of the Puyallup valley by
products fame ; K. H. Shepard, editor
of Better Fruit, a big segment of tbe
horticultural circle in the northwest;
and C. L. Smith, agriculturist for the
Oregon-Washington Railway and Navi
gation Company. Plant are being
placed in motion to secure A. V. Stub
enrauch, professor of pomology, uni
versity of Caifornria, formerly of the
Pomological Division of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D.
C, for one of the special addresses.
There will be a whole host of 10 and
15 minute speakers who wlil play no
small part in the great feast of horti
cultural reason and How of aoul in the
home of the big red apple.
Best for KidneysKays Doctor
Dr. J. T. R, Neal, Greenville, So
Car., Bays that in his 30 years of experi
ence he has found no preparation for the
kidneys equal to Foley's Kidney Pills.
Pain in Imek and hips is an indication
of kidney trouble a warning to build
up the weakened kidneys, make them
vigorous, ridding vour blood of the acids
and pokons. Foley's Kidney Pills will
help an case of kilnev and bladder
trouble not bevond the reach of medi-
einu. In 50c and 11. 00 sizes. Sold by
Chaa. N. Clarke.
Local Men Teachers Get Best Pay
Hood River county pays to men
teachers and Clatsop to women teach
ers kthe highest salaries of Oregon
counties, according to the annual direc
tory of Superintendent of Public In
struction Churchill.
The average salaries of men teachers
in Hood River is $110 a month and
women teachers in Clatsop is $80 a
month.
Baker county pajs its principals best
and Lane's city superintendent receives
the highest salary of any superinten
dent in the state.
Mrs. MeClain's Experience with Croup
"When my'.boy, Kay, was small he was
subject to the croup, and I was always
alarmed at such times. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy proved far better than
any other for this trouble. It always re
lieved him quickly. I am never with
out it in the house for I know it is a
positive cure for croup," writes Mrs.
W. JR. McUiain, Blairsville, Pa. For
sale by all dealers.
0.-W. R & N. Issues Apple Cook Book
The O.-W. R. & N. Co. has just is
sued a book, containing more than 100
recipes on how to prepare dishes made
from applet, "the king" of fruits, as
they are designated in the booklet. The
railway company ia doing much to pro
mote a further consumption of apples.
Mrs. Elinor Meacham Reddington, of
Portland, haa been conducting demon
strations in apple cookery on a demon
stration car that has been making a
circuit of eastern Oregon and Washing
ton cities.
Copies of the useful recipe booklet
may be had by wrting to Wililam Mc
Murray, general passenger agent of the
Ok.-W. R. & N. Co. in Portland.
Deep-seated coughs that resist ordin
ary remedies require both external and
internal treatment, it you Dny a dollar
bottle of Ballard's llorehound Svrup
you get the two remedies you need for
the price of one. There is a Merrick's
Ked I'epper rorons naster lor tne cnest
fiee with each bottle. Sold byO. N.Clarke
Silver Thaw Strikes Range Tops
Residents living at the top of the
range dividing the Hood River valley
from the Mosier orchard section report
a peculiar atmospheric condition that
prevailed there recently. A heavy fog
rolled up from the lower altitudes. The
cold air at once caused it to freeze on
the limbs of trees, fences aid wires.
As the fog continued to gather the ice
grew thicker, until limbs were broken
and wires snapped.
The formation was similar to the sil
ver thaw that did such severe damage
in Portland and vicinity three years
ago.
Prompt Action Will Stop Your Cough
When vou first catch a cold (often in
dicated by a sneeze or cough,) break it
up at once. The idea that "It does mat
ter" often loads to serious complications
The reinedv which immediately and
easily penetrates tbe lining of the throat
is the kind demanded. Dr. King s rew
IKseovery soothes the irritation, loosens
the phlegm. You feel belter at once.
''It seemed to reach the very spot of my
cough" is one of many honest testimon
ials. W)c at your aruggisi.
Park Grange tq Elect Officers
A regular meeting of Park Grange
will be held Wednesday evening, Dec.
9. This will be the annual election of
officers and all members are requested
to be present.
Local Drungist Makes
Many Friends
C. N. Clarke, druggist, reports they
are making many friends through tbe
quick benefit which Hood River people
receive Irom the simple mixture oi duck
thorn bark, glycerine, etc., known aa
Adler-i-ka. This remedy neoame tamous
bv curing appendicitis and it is the most
thorough bowel cleanser known, acting
on both the lower ami upper bowel. Jnst
one dose of A4ler-i-ka relieves constipa
tion ond gas on the stomach almost
immediately. ...
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DISPLAY of JAPANESE GOODS
We have opened our store at the corner of State
and Third streets with new importations of Japa
nese goods direct from the Flowery Kingdom.
Silk Embroideries, Shirt WaistsKimonos, Handker
chiefs, Table Runners, Lacquered Glove and Hand-
m
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A Fine Large Assortment Of Toys
We Invite Your Inspection
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IN A PERSIAN GARDEN"
WORDS SELECTED FROM
"THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM"
SONG CYCLE FOR FOUR SOLO VOICES
(Quartette.)
(Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Bam.)
Wake! For the Sun who scatter'd into flight
The Stars before him from the field of night,
Drives night along with them from Heav n.and strikes
The Sultan's turret with a shaft of Light.
(Solo Tenor.)
Before the phantom of false morning died
Methought a voice within the Tavern cried:
"When all the Temple is prepared within
Why nods the drowsy Worshipper outside?"
Recitative (Bass).
Now the new year reviving old Desires,
The Thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires,
Where the "White Hand of Moaea" on the Bough
Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.
(Solo Tknok.)
I ram indeed is gone with all his Rose,
And Jamshyd's sev'n-ring'd Cup where no one knows,
But still a Ruby kindles in the Vine,
And many a Garden by the water blows.
Quartette.
(Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, liana.)
Come, fill the Cupt and in the fire of Spring - r
Your Winter-garment of Repentance ning.
The Bird of Time has but a little way -'
To fly and lo, the Bird is on the wing! . J
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(Solo Bass.) .. , . '
Whether at Naishepur or Babylon,
Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run,
The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop,
The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.
Contralto (Recitative)
Ah, not a drop that from our Cupa we throw
For Earth to drink of, but may steal below,
To quench the fire of Anguish in some Eye
There hidden, far beneath, and long ago.
(Contralto Solo.)
I sometimes think that never blows so red
The Rose as where some buried Caeaar bled,
That ev'ry Hyacinth the Garden wears
Dropt in he lap from some once lovely head.
And this reviving Herb, whose tender green,
Fledges the river lip on which we lean,
Ah lean upon it lightly for who knows
From what once lovely Lip it springs unseen.
Duet.
(Soprano atAl Tenor)
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness
Ah, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
(Bass Solo.)
Myself when young did eagerly frequent
Doctor and Saint and heard great argument
out evermore
Came out by that same door where in I went.
With them the Seed of Wisdom did 1 sow,
And with my own Hand laiour'd it to grow,
And this was all tha Harvest that I reap'd,
"I came like Water, and like Wind I go."
Why, all the Saints and Sages who diacuss'd
Of the two Worlds so learnedly, are thrust
Like foolish PropheU forth; their words to acorn
Are scatter'd, and their mouths are stopp'd with Dust.
(Bass Recitative.)
Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,
Before we too into the Dust descend!
(Contralto Solo.
When you and I behind the veil are past
Oh, but the long, long while the World shall last
(Soprano Recitative.)
But if the Soul can fling the Dust aside
And naked on the air of Heaven ride,
Were't not a shame were't not a shame for him
In this clay carcase crippled to abide?
Song.
I sent my Soul through the Invisible,
Some secret of that after-life to spell,
And by-and-bya my Soul return'd to me
And answer'd: I myself am Heav'n and Hell.
Heav'n but the vision of fulfilled Desire
And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire,
Cast on the Darkness into which ourselves,
So late emerged from, shall so soon expire.
(Tenor Solo.)
Alas! that Spring should vanish with the Rose!
That youth's sweet-scented manuscript should close!
The Nightingale that in the Branches sang,
Ah, whence and whither flown again who knows?
' (Contralto Solo.)
The wordly hope men set their Hearts upon
Turns Ashes, or it prospers; and anon
Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty face,
Lighting a little hour or two is gone.
Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai,
Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day
How Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp,
Abode his destined hour and went hia way.
Waste not your hour!
(Soprano Solo.)
Each morn a thousand Roses brings, you eay:
Yes. but where leaves the Rose of yesterday?
And this first Summer month that brings the Rose,
Shall take Jamshyd and Kaikobad away.
Quartette.
(Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Bast.)
They say the Lion and the Lizard keep
The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep,
And Bahram, that wild Hunter, the wild Ass
Stamps o'er his Head, but cannot break his sleep.
Lo, some we lov'd, the loviest and best
That from his Vintage rolling time has prest,
Have drunk their Cup a round or two before,
And one by one crept silently to rest.
Strange, is it not, that of the myriads who
Before us pass'd tha Door of Darkness through,
Not one returns to tell us of the Road
Which to discover we muet travel too.
(Tenor Recitative.)
Ah, fill the Cup! What boots it to repeat
How time is slipping underneath our Feet.
Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape
Than sadden after none, or bitter Fruit.
Ah, Love, could you and I with Fate conspire
To grasp the sorry Scheme of things entire,
Would be not shatter it to bits and then
Remould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!
(Tknor Solo.)
w00" of my DeliSn. that knows no wane,
1 he Moon of Heav'n is rising once again
How oft hereafter rising shall she look
Through this same Garden after me in vain.
And when thyself with shining Foot shall pass -Among
the Guests Star-scatter'd on the Grass,
And in thy joyous Errand reach the Spot
W here I made one turn down an empty Glass!
(Bass Solo.)
As then the Tulip for her morning sup
Of Heav'nly Vintage from the Soil looks up,
Do you devoutly do the like, till Heav'n
To earth invert you like an empty Cup.
So when that angel of the darker Drink,
At last shall find you by the river-brink,
And, offering hia Cup, invite your aoul
forth to your Lips to quaff-you shall not shrink.
Quartette.
(Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Ba.)
J''hLS.printf ,hould Tani8h wth the Roae,
iJ0?'!1 sweet-scented Manuscript should cloee!
The Nightingale that in the Branches aang,
Ah, whence and whither flown again, who knowe?
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