A great charm of the town is its magnificent view-points- to Prospect Rock or East Rock on Mount Bryant is a fairly hard climb, but, within half a mile of the railroad station, an easy path creeps upward through a sunshiny hill pasture bordered by a green wood; pine-needles strewn over tree- roots offer an agreeable seat in the forest balcony. on the
edge of the hill; across swaying tree-tops swells The Dome of the Taconics. The inspiring landscape of valley and mountain extends into three States. As evening approaches, the wood-thrush pipes in harmony with the lines of Cowper:
"No noise is here, or one that hinders thought;
Stillness accompanied with sounds like these
Charms more than silence. Meditation here
thought May think down hours to moments. Here the heart
May give a useful lesson to the head
And learning wiser grow without his books."
A great charm of the town is its magnificent view-points- to Prospect Rock or East Rock on Mount Bryant is a fairly hard climb, but, within half a mile of the railroad station, an easy path creeps upward through a sunshiny hill pasture bordered by a green wood; pine-needles strewn over tree- roots offer an agreeable seat in the forest balcony. on the
edge of the hill; across swaying tree-tops swells The Dome of the Taconics. The inspiring landscape of valley and mountain extends into three States. As evening approaches, the wood-thrush pipes in harmony with the lines of Cowper: