Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914.
By Daniel S. RichardsonYosemite
I
So close to Nature’s throbbing heart—
I stand in fear,
For God is near.
I look on floods and granite vales,
And in them see
Divinity.
The arrow-feathered pines look down
Where God alone
Has set His throne.
Unclasp the sandals from thy feet,
For all around—
’Tis holy ground.