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mcdude · 12-05-2004, 01:58 PM

Hey RG:
I think I can speak for everyone when I say that we've missed you on the forum and on photopost. I hope that back is better soon! When you posted this I made a mental note to find that issue of the Weirs Times that was up at the cottage. It appears that Whittier is the poet most associated with the lake. I've tried to get through some of the Whittier poems mentioned in the article....quite arduous reading and they don't seem to have a lot to do with the lake. They mentioned that Robert Frost was also at the lake. However, he lived in Franconia and Derry and I'm not sure that any of his works are specifically about the lake. He is one of my favorites.

Here is some Whittier stuff that is about the lake.

' "THE WOOD GIANT"
From Alton Bay to Sandwich Dome,
From Mad to Saco River,
For patriarchs if the primal wood
We sought with vain endeavor.

At last to us a woodland path,
To open sunset leading
Revealed the Anakim of pines,
Our wildest wish exceeding.

Alone the level sun before;
Below the lake's green islands;
Beyond, in misty distance dim,
The rugged Northern Highlands.

Dark Titan on his Sunset Hill
Of time and change defiant!
How dwarfed the common woodland seemed,
Before the old-time giant.

Here's another....

The shadows round the inland sea
Are deepening into night;
Slow up the slopes of Ossipee
They chase the lessening light.

Tired of the long day's blinding heat;
I rest my languid eye,
Lake of the Hills! where, cool and sweet
Thy sunset waters lie!

Along the sky, in wavy lines,
O'er isle and reach and bay,
Green belted with eternal pines
The mountains stretch away.

Whittier Falls and Bridge - Ossipee Lake Park.

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E. Palmer Clarke Poem from his 1935 book "Winnipesaukee - A Potpourri"

12-05-2004, 01:58 PM	#2
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,367 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,057 Times in 495 Posts	John Greenleaf Whittier and E. Palmer Clarke Hey RG: I think I can speak for everyone when I say that we've missed you on the forum and on photopost. I hope that back is better soon! When you posted this I made a mental note to find that issue of the Weirs Times that was up at the cottage. It appears that Whittier is the poet most associated with the lake. I've tried to get through some of the Whittier poems mentioned in the article....quite arduous reading and they don't seem to have a lot to do with the lake. They mentioned that Robert Frost was also at the lake. However, he lived in Franconia and Derry and I'm not sure that any of his works are specifically about the lake. He is one of my favorites. Here is some Whittier stuff that is about the lake. ' "THE WOOD GIANT" From Alton Bay to Sandwich Dome, From Mad to Saco River, For patriarchs if the primal wood We sought with vain endeavor. At last to us a woodland path, To open sunset leading Revealed the Anakim of pines, Our wildest wish exceeding. Alone the level sun before; Below the lake's green islands; Beyond, in misty distance dim, The rugged Northern Highlands. Dark Titan on his Sunset Hill Of time and change defiant! How dwarfed the common woodland seemed, Before the old-time giant. Here's another.... The shadows round the inland sea Are deepening into night; Slow up the slopes of Ossipee They chase the lessening light. Tired of the long day's blinding heat; I rest my languid eye, Lake of the Hills! where, cool and sweet Thy sunset waters lie! Along the sky, in wavy lines, O'er isle and reach and bay, Green belted with eternal pines The mountains stretch away. Whittier Falls and Bridge - Ossipee Lake Park. __________________________________________________ _ E. Palmer Clarke Poem from his 1935 book "Winnipesaukee - A Potpourri" Last edited by mcdude; 05-24-2005 at 12:23 PM.