Letter from John Muir to J[oseph] C. Powell, 1901 Oct 15.
"Fair blooming shrubbery here Holds but short life through the years, The prim Lonicera is sweet Its bloom life is here a rich treat: - But of this lone-ice-era I'm tired & weary And I long other flowers to greet."Then John rose from the glacier - Stretch'd out his full measu...
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ftunivpacificmsl:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmcl-39721 2023-06-11T04:09:29+02:00 Letter from John Muir to J[oseph] C. Powell, 1901 Oct 15. Muir, John 1901-10-15T08:00:00Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/14786 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/39721/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/14786 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/39721/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html John Muir Correspondence John Muir correspondence letters author writing naturalist California correspondent mail message post exchange of letters missive notes epistle text 1901 ftunivpacificmsl 2023-05-06T22:54:08Z "Fair blooming shrubbery here Holds but short life through the years, The prim Lonicera is sweet Its bloom life is here a rich treat: - But of this lone-ice-era I'm tired & weary And I long other flowers to greet."Then John rose from the glacier - Stretch'd out his full measure, And down 10,000 feet, it did seem He slid on his beam, And with [boulders?] a score; Like mad, they all tore And landed on [Yunka's?] fair stream!And he fast walk'd & ran As Muir always can, Leaving glaciers, & mountains, & trees Together, in masses, to freeze, Making his way Toward the ocean bay Thence South, more than 20 degrees.And on Wednesday night-last He most solemnly cast His arctic thermometer And a[illegible]id barometer In a cold grave On the heartless wave And took to a gynephilometer. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/39721/thumbnail.jpg Text Arctic University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law: Scholarly Commons Arctic Lone ENVELOPE(11.982,11.982,65.105,65.105) |
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"Fair blooming shrubbery here Holds but short life through the years, The prim Lonicera is sweet Its bloom life is here a rich treat: - But of this lone-ice-era I'm tired & weary And I long other flowers to greet."Then John rose from the glacier - Stretch'd out his full measure, And down 10,000 feet, it did seem He slid on his beam, And with [boulders?] a score; Like mad, they all tore And landed on [Yunka's?] fair stream!And he fast walk'd & ran As Muir always can, Leaving glaciers, & mountains, & trees Together, in masses, to freeze, Making his way Toward the ocean bay Thence South, more than 20 degrees.And on Wednesday night-last He most solemnly cast His arctic thermometer And a[illegible]id barometer In a cold grave On the heartless wave And took to a gynephilometer. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/39721/thumbnail.jpg |
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