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Mt. Shasta.
A Painting, by H. O. Young.
How, like a spiritual Presence, dost thou rise,O lonely mountain, spotless, pure, and white!
While far beneath, in shade, the prairie lies,
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Thy base is hidden from our searching gaze,
As if no earthly mountain thou might'st be;
But a creation of the sun's bright rays,
A spiritual mount, a mystery.
So have I seen a cloud, in summer's day,
Piercing with its white peak the azure sky;
Calling men's thoughts from earth and sense away,
Teaching man's spirit, through the outward eye,
To hold communion with the Mind, that made
Nature's forms, alike in all displayed.
Poem No. 190; c. 19 November 1875
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