The Guardians of the Columbia

Front matter

Reading edition

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Illustration from The Guardians of the Columbia Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens

THE MOUNTAIN

I hold above a careless land The menace of the skies; Within the hollow of my hand The sleeping tempest lies. Mine are the promise of the morn, The triumph of the day; And parting sunset's beams forlorn Upon my heights delay. —Edward Sydney Tylee

boat on Spirit Lake with Mt St Helens behind

Dawn on Spirit Lake, north side of Mt. St. Helens.

"Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops." Shakespeare.