--- 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 Wasatch: The Cradle of a Mountain Stream," *Improvement Era* 13, no. 7 (May 1910): 582–583.' 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: 582 end_page: 583 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 Wasatch: The Cradle of a Mountain Stream IN THE HEART OF THE WASATCH. THE CRADLE OF A MOUNTAIN STREAM. Behold a Babylonish pile arise, On which throughout the year the deep snow lies, While at its spiral base, as lost in sleep, A mountain lake lies cold, and dark, and deep. Upon the zig-zag cliffs of iron grey, Heavy and wan, the storm-clouds hold this day. The Tower of Babel now the thick murk glooms, And like a mighty spectral shadow looms, Dim, black, gigantic, saving for the snow, Reflected vaguely in the lake below. Anon, O dreadful sound ! the thunder peal, When e'en the giant mountains seem to reel. From "Plet,'' a poem by Alfred Lambourne. IN THE HEART OF THE WASATCH. CRADLE OF A MOUNTAIN STREAM. Sketch by Alfred Lambourne.