Light of Laughter (Hawaii)

Pass, till the Spirit of the spot shall lead         Thy footsteps to a slope of green access,     Where, like an infant's smile, over the dead A light of laughing flowers along the grass is spread. -Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), Adonais

Illusive Path (Zion)

They are not long, the days of wine and roses:     Out of a misty dream Our path emerges for a while, then closes         Within a dream. -Ernest Dowson (1867-1900), Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae

Mysterious Light (Zion)

There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons-- That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes-- -Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), There's a certain Slant of light

Silent Trail (Shenandoah)

"And see not ye that bonny road,     Which winds about the fernie brae? That is the road to fair Elfland,     Where you and I this night maun gae. -Anonymous (c.1400-c.1600), Thomas the Rhymer

Up-Hill (Shenandoah)

Does the road wind uphill all the way?     Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day?     From morn to night, my friend. -Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894), Up-Hill

Night Watch (Honolulu)

By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town And the moonlight flowing over all. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), Paul Revere's Ride