‘Climbing Snowdon’ from Book 13, The Prelude
William Wordsworth
This small adventure - for even such it seemed
In that wild place and at the dead of night-
Being over and forgotten, on we wound
In silence as before. With forehead bent
Earthward, as if in opposition set
Against an enemy, I panted up
With eager pace, and no less eager thoughts.
Thus might we wear perhaps an hour away,
Ascending at loose distance each from each,
And I, as chanced, the foremost of the band -
When at my feet the ground appeared to brighten,
And with a step or two seemed brighter still;
Nor had I time to ask the cause of this,
For instantly a light upon the turf
Fell like a flash: I looked about, and lo,
The moon stood naked in the heavens, at height
Immense above my head, and on the shore
I found myself of a huge sea of mist,
Which meek and silent rested at my feet.
A hundred hills their dusky backs upheaved
All over this still ocean, and beyond,
Far, far beyond, the vapours shot themselves
In headlands, tongues and promontory shapes,
Into the sea, the real sea, that seemed
To dwindle and give up its majesty,
Usurped upon as far as sight could reach.
Meanwhile, the moon looked down upon this show
In single glory, and we stood, the mist
Touching our very feet; and from the shore
At distance not the third part of a mile
Was a blue chasm, a fracture in the vapour,
A deep and gloomy breathing-space, through which
Mounted the roar of waters, torrents, streams
Innumerable, roaring with one voice.
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Betty B. Dearing Trail from Wilacre Park
Join Jessica Chortkoff and Rich Riggio as they hike on trail and off, view a beautiful sunset, photograph several species of birds, get chased by a giant tarantula, and ponder Betty Dearing. The Wilacre Park entrance is right off of Laurel Canyon Blvd. at Fryman Place. Bring leases for your dogs, they will love this hike! If you live in Hollywood or Studio City and don't know about this, it's right under your nose, check it out! Wild life is everywhere and the air is fresh. Right now there are thousands of flowers blooming and the hillsides are nice and green and beautiful! Om!
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