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MOUNT ARROWSMITH
THE mountain road crawled upward like a snake,
A winding python, wallowing in dust;
And gnarled arbutus dropped its barky crust
There by the wayside, tawny flake on flake.
The river, through the steep descending brake,
Past fern and boulder, tarnished thick with rust,
A sword-like current downward sudden thrust
And sheathed its cataract in the shining lake.
And gazing skyward from the path we saw
Beyond the fir-trees, ranged in plumy crowds,
A sight that filled our very souls with awe,
Seen through a veil of filmy-trailing shrouds.
A Titan figure, carved without a flaw:
Mount Arrowsmith, attended by the clouds.
—Ernest McGaffey.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LEONARD FRANK
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