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The Song of the Glacier -
Who wouldn't be a glacier,
Descending to the sea
With Muir on hand to praise me
Most multifariously ?
With Muir on hand to praise me
And Gannett to surrey
Who wouldn't be a glacier
Ascending from the bay!
Who wouldn't be a glacier
with pinnacles at play
A-dropping little icebergs
On Indians in the bay?
I open cheerful fissures
And several kinds of splits
And frighten little Indian dogs
Out of their seven units [?]
Who wouldn't be a glacier
Receding from the shore?
My lovers come in boat-loads
Determined to explore.
In open admiration
Innumbered [?] ladies throng
And wave their kerchiefs from the rail
Till the steward rings the gong.
Who wouldn't be a glacier -
An influenza-cure?
My benefits afforded
To rich as well as poor;
Spontaneously provided
According to John Muir -
To lie upon the glacier
Free from all bronchial pain
And think upon the family
We ne'er shall see again,
Ah - this beats all the castles
Erected in old Spain -
June 28, 1899
W.M.H. Dall
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Reciept for a Trip to Alaska, Page 65 Mary Harriman Song of the Glacier, Page 66 W.M.H. Dall (June 28) Song of the Smoker, Page 67 (June 30) Dr. Fernow's Ode to the Woodpecker, Page 68 W.M.H. Dall (July 1) Smoking Room Ode on Behring Sea, Page 69 Sung, John Burroughs (July 13) To the Golden Crowned Sparrow in Alaska, Page 70 John Burroughs (July 4) To the Lapland Longspur, Page 71 John Burroughs (July 18) Song of the Junnit [1/2] Page 72 W.M.H. Dall (July 12) Song of the Junnit [2/2] Page 73 W.M.H. Dall (July 12) How the Octopus was Caught, Page 74 W.M.H. Dall (July 5) Moods of Alaskan Weather [1/1] Pages 75 W.M.H. Dall Moods of Alaskan Weather [2/2] Pages 75 W.M.H. Dall Ursus Dalli [1/2] Pages 77 W.B. Devereux (July 29) Ursus Dalli [2/2] Pages 78 W.B. Devereux (July 29) The Song of the Innuit [1/2] Pages 79 Capt. Doran (July 29) The Song of the Innuit [2/2] Pages 80 Capt. Doran (July 29) Alaska Page 81 Charles A. Keeler The Taking of the Totems Page 82 (July 27) Westward Ho Page 83 John Burroughs (July 2) First Lessons of Natural History Page 84 Dr. Dall (July 5) To the Captain [1/2] Pages 87 To the Captain [2/2] Pages 88 |