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I will to the mountains along cool trails,
In shaded splendour of the forest.
The fir, the hemlock, spruce and pine
Shall be my vaulted avenue of pillars.
I will to Alpine courtyards walled by cliffs,
Where failing waters foam from hanging glaciers.
There in larch meadows under crystal skies,
The windflower blows, and saxifrage and heather.
I will to lakes of melted jade,
Where icy peaks are held in stained reflection.
There, overhead, the giant pinnacles
Rear to the glare of heav'n defiant shields;
Aeons of snow on snow, Against the shafts of unavailing suns.
