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Margaret Fuller
Summer On The Lakes, in 1843
1844 Edition

Etching by Sarah Ann Clarke

Arched rock from the water

The arched rock surprised me, much as I had heard of it, from the perfection of the arch. It is perfect whether you look up through it from the lake, or down through it to the transparent waters. We both ascended and descended, no very easy matter, the steep and crumbling path, and rested at the summit, beneath the trees, and at the foot upon the cool mossy stones beside the lapsing waves.