WHERE THE SUN NEVER SETS.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 834, 6 July 1871, Page 3

WHERE THE SUN NEVER SETS.

The following graphic passage is from the description of a scene witnessed by Mr. Campbell and his party in the north of N m way, from a cliif one thousand feet above the level of the sea : ' The ocean stretched away in silent vastness at our feet; the sound of the waves scarcely reached our airy look-out; away to the north the great old sun swung low along the horizondike the slow beat of the pendulum in the tall clock of our grandfather's parlor corner. We all stood silent, looking at our watches. When both hands came together at twelve, midnight, the full round orb hung triumphantly above the wave—a bridge of gold running due north spanned the water between us and him. There he shone in silent Majesty which knew no setting. We involuntarily took off our hats ; and no word was said. Combine, if you can, the most brilliant sunrise and sunset that you ever saw, and its beauties will pale before the gorgeous coloring, which now lit up the ocean, heavens and mountains. In half. an hour the sun had swung by perceptibly on his beat, the colors changed to those of morning, a fresh breeze rippled over the flood, one songster after another piped up in the grove behind us—we had slid into another day"