Susquehanna times & the Mount Joy bulletin., July 02, 1975, Image 8

July 2, 1975 Jul
Page 8 — SUSQUEHANNA BULLETIN
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Illustrations by Ramona Sell So
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Where Susquehanna'’s tranquil tide Its
Quickens its current slow and wide, Mc
And, narrowing, bends around the joint To
Of that long finger, called the *‘Point;"’ An
A precipice abrupt and sheer The
In solemn grandeur rises. Here He:
The wanderer in awe may stand An
To view a scene sublime and grand, :
Letting his gaze in rapture fall Tin
Upon the plains of Donegal, Gre
Where smiling fields of wheat and corn As
With verdant hue the land adorn; The
Or, looking downward to the left, The
See how the swirling rapids cleft Anc
A bouldered passage, dark and deep. Anc
Between the ridges high and steep Tol
Then, if of courage stout he be,
He may step to its edge to see One
And scan the perpendicular Acn
Of the dreadful and appalling scaur Wh
Whose base to reach must plummet drop He .
Three hundred feet ere brought to stop: He :
So looms that cliff, named *‘Chiques Rock,"’ But
Whose walls of stone the secret lock For
In silence that forbears to tell Was
What here unwitnesses once befell. Re
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In days of yore agone ’tis said At I:
When by the lure of conquest led, Ghe
The white man came with ruthless hand Whil
To pilfer and possess the land, And
An Indian brave, Ghewahtok named, The |
Looked on the scene with eye inflamed
By such undying hate that he Ther
Swore vengeance on the enemy, ; Vain,
And to that end, or soon to late, “Bel
Vowed he would lurk and lie in wait. Here
Now in the tribe there dwelt a maid,- Wan
~ Dark, lithe, with raven hair abraid, - A de
Whom did Ghewahtok love: but she- For t
As lissom as a bird and free- And
His love with such indifference met She
As youth and coyness oft beget. With
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Try as he would, he could not gain With
The secret vails that love sustain,
Nor win by wooing’s tender art . Thou,
The warm requital of her heart: As th
Though half in pity, half in pride, Yet k
Some slight regard did she divide, Of mi
Which, given parcel, heartened him For w
And made him vassal to her whim. Has h
But maugre all the charms of love, But d
Such dole distrust could not remove, Doub]
Nor could her casual smile dispel And s
The doubt that made his life seem hell; She fc
And oft as sank the evening sun, And s
When day its wonted course had run, Her h
Aad ‘round the campfire, stern and squat, As on
n converse grave the tribesmen sat, Dumb
Drawing by Ramona Sell His dark oye glared with I So.in:
: Upon her as she went and came. Hence