From the Redwood Forrest

A  L  O  H  A !

Climb the mountains 

and get their good tidings.

                                                John Muir

" This is their temple, 

vaulted high,

      And here we pause 

with reverent eye,

      With silent tongue 

and awe-struck soul;

      For here we sense 

life’s proper goal. -

To be like these, 

straight, true and fine,

To make our world, 

like theirs, a shrine;

  

    Sink down, O traveler, 

on your knees,

      God stands before you 

in these trees. "

                           Joseph B. Strauss, 

                                                      “The Redwoods,” 1932