--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Lambourne, Alfred collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 13 number: 7 published: 1910-05 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Alfred Lambourne, "In the Heart of the Uintahs: Lake at the Foot of Mount Agassiz," *Improvement Era* 13, no. 7 (May 1910): 594–595.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1307unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera1307unse start_page: 594 end_page: 595 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1910-05) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1307unse publication_year: 1910 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1910, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # In the Heart of the Uintahs: Lake at the Foot of Mount Agassiz IN THE HEART OF THE UINTAHS. LAKE AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT AGASSIZ. Lo, now the yellow twilight in the west Grows dim and fades upon the mountain's breast. And when the lake and crags have turned to jet, The crescent moon hangs where the sun had set. No less the gloom and aged savageness Impress the thought than does the gorgeous dress Brief summer lends to this high altitude, Between the fierce assaults of winter rude, When round and round the snows are drifted o'er, Until it seems the steeps can hold no more, And in vast combs along the mountain wall The avalanche hangs poised for instant fall. From "Plet," a poem by Alfred Lambourne. IN THE HEART OF THE UINTAHS. LAKE AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT AGASSIZ. Sketch by Alfred Lambourne.