University of Montana Western - Chinook Yearbook (Dillon, MT)

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 Come out and seek to learn from ever talking trees Who, standing high, majestic, monarchs for all time, Look upon the canvas the Master holds above, Painted by an Artist with hand devine. Come out and watch the towering rugged mountains Changed as by the powerful strokes of some artist’s brush, Beginning the day in distant haze or somber black: Looking upon the close of day with purple blush; As some mighty monarch frowns upon his people But mellowed by their attempts of human kindness Is warmed at heart and looks upon his subjects with a benediction. Come out and watch and list to ceaseless wispering streams Rushing breathlessly on to larger waters; Or see the waters touched by the magic wand of sunbeams; Or a lake-mirror gold-flecked with moon or twinkling stars Silent immobile, unfathomable, all knowing body, Which forms a perfect picture through eternity’s hours; And when you have once looked upon the Master’s art— Snow capped mountains, skies of blue, gold, and silver, A place peopled by trees, flowers, animals, things on wings— a world apart Which passes on through all the years, born up by wings of love “Through your spirit’s unlit deep will blunder. Like dusk, a hush and holiness and wonder.”