George Pope Morris, Poems (1853), Project Gutenberg
[Poem] "Where Hudson's Wave" by George Pope Morris (published 1853). A romantic poem about the Hudson Highlands near Croton, referencing "Old Cronest" (Storm King Mountain). A contemporary critic called it "a glorious burst of poetry."
Where Hudson's wave o'er silvery sands
Winds through the hills afar,
Old Cronest like a monarch stands,
Crowned with a single star!
And there, amid the billowy s…