Excerpt from Yosemite, the World's Wonderland Yosemite The World's Wonderland Silence! Emotions new and strange here rise And sweep with cyclonic force the breast! A new, strange world, all powerful and sublime, Enchains, enslaves and fetters all; The greatest most of all, are fettered most; Only the pigmies chatter, and fools alone Find laughter here, where Nature speaks In tones of grandeur and sublimity! Strong lips are dumb and eyes unused to tears Are forced to yield the highest tribute of the soul To these grand thoughts of the eternal mind! In the Golden West, where the towering mountains Pillow their heads on the breast of the sky; Where the storm-king stores in his frozen fountains Life for the valleys, when parched and dry; In a wonderland where God is splendor, His thought has spoken in words of stone, Grandeur sublime and Beauty tender - Guard His throne. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.