Incipit
Amid Inspiring Scenes (Near Greenwich, N. Y.) Prologue By H. P. L. I. The western sun, whose warm, rubescent rays Touch the green slope with soul-awak’ning blaze, A thoughtful bard reveals, whose polish’d flights Spring from the scene on Dillon’s pleasant heights. An ancient boulder is the poet’s seat, A verdant vista fronts the blest retreat; From distant banks there comes th’ elusive gleam That speaks the Hudson’s silent, stately stream. Here, ere the birth of man, a granite train In speechless splendor rul’d the rising main; In later days an Indian horde decreed The varying fortunes of …
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