The Poetical Works of Jonathan E. Hoag/High Rock Spring
High Rock Spring
Deep in yon vale the trees enclose
A crystal fount of magic lure,
With Aesculapian power to cure
Each lethal ill our planet knows.
A crystal fount of magic lure,
With Aesculapian power to cure
Each lethal ill our planet knows.
Here, ere the sun appeared at day,
Once Hocked each tenant of the mead;
Each bird and beast, with direful need,
To drink, and wash its ills away.
Once Hocked each tenant of the mead;
Each bird and beast, with direful need,
To drink, and wash its ills away.
And here, unseen and undefiled,
The healing waters upward coursed,
From Vulcan's cryptic caverns forced,
In sparkling torrents, clear and wild.
The healing waters upward coursed,
From Vulcan's cryptic caverns forced,
In sparkling torrents, clear and wild.
When the lone redskin trod that vale,
And first the spouting waters saw,
He stopped, aghast in prayerful awe,
Then fled to tell the wondrous tale!
And first the spouting waters saw,
He stopped, aghast in prayerful awe,
Then fled to tell the wondrous tale!
1921