St. Lawrence and the Saguenay, The - Part 60
CAPE T ORMENTE lifts itself above the hills
That gird it round about, like sentinels
Guarding some great king's palace, whose grandeur fills
Their hearts with pride and love. Up the steep dells
Crawl the night-vapors, dimming the gray swells
Of mount and hill that in the distance rise,
Cloud-like and faint. Ev'n on those uplands dwells
The faithful Habitant; and when he dies,
His children, jealous of the ancient family ties,
That gird it round about, like sentinels
Guarding some great king's palace, whose grandeur fills
Their hearts with pride and love. Up the steep dells
Crawl the night-vapors, dimming the gray swells
Of mount and hill that in the distance rise,
Cloud-like and faint. Ev'n on those uplands dwells
The faithful Habitant; and when he dies,
His children, jealous of the ancient family ties,
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