1985 [PDF] - Yosemite

SUNSET.’. ’~ ,L~~,’._~.,~ ~iii2;../~li~a-’~.~" "~"~~ "-l-The walls and stmlmits rising almost perpendicularlyfor thous:mdsol feel, the distant peaks /and the soft ~:reezl of the forests and vegetation onthe lloor of the valley form a picture that, as a whole,forntilne fills the eye. No detail of lofty columnor towerin~ dome can secure lodKment in the mind.l;talph Waldo Emerson said:" It is tile only spot ] have ever fOtllld that came up t~ tile brag.":!iThe May 1985 issue of Sunset Magazine marked it’s87th year of publication, In this May anniversary issuethe cover story was dedicated to a composite review ofYosemite National Park, Yosemite was also the topic inthe feature article of Sunset’s first issue published inMay 1898. To coincide with the May Sunset issue currentlyavailable at all newsstands,the Yosemite Sentineldedicates this month’sFOCUS to Sunset’s histori.cal premiere issue.E1 Capitnu.Reproduced here withpermission for thisspecific publication anduse only. Land PublishingCo., (Sunset Magazine,Books and Films).Bridal Veil Fall." The weslermwaves of obblnff dayRolled o’er the glen their level way;Eacll purple peak, eacll’llinty spire,Was bathed ill fluoJs of living tire,IJtlt not a setting bealll could ~glowWithin the dark ravines below,Where twhled the path in shatdnw’hid,Round many a rocky pyramid,.qllooting ,lbruptly .from the dollIls thunder-slqilltered pinnacle;I’~Otllld inany all illStllaled Inass,The native bulwarlcs of Ihe pass,}ligh as tile tower which builders vainPresumptuous piled oil Shinar’s plain.The roclcy summitsplit anct rent,Formed turret, dome, or battlement,Or seemed fantastically setWtth cupola or minaret,Wild crests as l,agod ever decked,Or rnosque Ot eastern architect,Nor~,vere lllese earth-born castles bare,Nor lacked they many a banner fair;For from their shtvered brmvs displayed,Far o’er tile unfathon’lable glade,All twinkling wilh tile dew-drop’s sheen,"rhe brier-rose fell in stre;imers green,’And creepinl.I shrubs of a thousand dyes,Waved in tile west wind’s summer sighs,"Tile Lady of Ihe I.ake.