The Last West and Paolo's Virginia

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Title: The Last West and Paolo's Virginia
Author: G. B. Warren
Release Date: November 8, 2004 [EBook #13974]
Language: English
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THE LAST WEST
——AND——
Paolo's VirginiaG. B. WARREN
Copyright Canada, 1919
By G. B. WarrenCONTENTS
October Daybreak on Boundary Bay
The Last Arete
The Great Divide
Above the Clouds
Winter Sunset in the Cascade Range
Beside the Ocstall
Jansen's Curse
The Survey Cook
A Raid on the Seal Rookeries
The Coast of British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria, B. C.
Paolo's Virginia (A Spring Phantasy)
Author's Introduction
To you who have lifted the veil of mists o'er-blown
And gazed in the eyes of dawn when night had flown—
Have felt in your hearts a thrill of sheer delight
As you scanned the scene below from some alpine height—
I extend this fleeting glimpse across a world
Of forest and meadow land—at last unfurled—
Through vistas of soaring peaks with frosted crest
In the fiorded wonderland of this—last—west.
October Daybreak on Boundary Bay
A skyline bold and clear
Of cold sharp corniced snow,
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