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Between the ledges and the marshes winds Jerusalem Road, bearing a continual stream of sight seers and fringed with estates hidden from the sight seers; estates with terraces dashed by spindrift, with curving stairways hewn in sheer rock down to the water, with wind twisted savins, and flowers whose bright bloom is heightened by the tang of salt. For too many a passing traveler Cohasset is known only as the most fashionable resort on the South Shore. But Cohasset's story is a longer one than that, and far more profound. BETWEEN THE LEDGES AND THE MARSHES WINDS JERUSALEM ROAD BEARING A CONTINUAL STREAM OF SIGHTSEERS AND FRINGED WITH ESTATES HIDDEN FROM THE SIGHTSEERS ESTATES WITH TERRACES DASHED BY SPINDRIFT WITH CURVING STAIRWAYS HEWN IN SHEER ROCK DOWN TO THE WATER WITH WIND TWISTED SAVENS AND FLOWERS WHOSE BRIGHT BLOOM IS HEIGHTENED BY THE TANG OF SALT FOR TOO MANY A PASSING TRAVELLER COHASSIT IS KNOWN ONLY AS THE MOST FASHIONABLE RESORT ON THE SOUTH SHORE BUT COHASSIT'S STORY IS A LONGER ONE THAN THAT AND FAR MORE PROFOUND
ho from that time when the Bible was the corner-stone of Church and State, of home and school? "What's the best road to Jericho Beach?" Surely it is some grave-faced shade who calls: or is it a peal from the chimes in the Memorial Bell Tower--chimes reminiscent of old Hingham, in England? No, it is only the shouted question of the motorist, gay and prosperous, flying on his Sunday holiday through ancient Hingham town. [Illustration] CHAPTER VI COHASSET LEDGES AND MARSHES[1] [Illustration] A sickle-shaped shore--wild, superb! Tawny ledges tumbling out to sea, rearing massive heads to search, across three thousand miles of water, for another shore. For it is Spain and Portugal which lie directly yonder, and the same tumultuous sea that crashes and swirls against Cohasset's crags laps also on those sunnier, warmer sands. Back inland, from the bold brown coast which gives Cohasset her Riviera-like fame, lie marshes, liquefying into mirrors at high tide, melting into lush green at low tide.  CHAPTER SIX OF THE OLD COAST ROAD FROM BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH BY AGNES EDWARDS THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY K HAND CHAPTER SIX COHASSIT LEDGES AND MARSHES A SICKLE SHAPED SHORE WILD SUPERB TAWNY LEDGES TUMBLING OUT TO SEA REARING MASSIVE HEADS TO SEARCH ACROSS THREE THOUSAND MILES OF WATER FOR ANOTHER SHORE FOR IT IS SPAIN AND PORTUGAL WHICH LIE DIRECTLY YONDER AND THE SAME TUMULTUOUS SEA THAT CRASHES AND SWIRLS AGAINST COHAASSET'S CRAGS LAPSE ALSO ON THOSE SUNNIER WARMER SANDS BACK INLAND FROM THE BOLD BROWN COAST WHICH GIVES COHAASSAT HER RIVIERA LIKE FAME LIE MARSHES LIQUEFYING INTO MIRRORS AT HIGH TIDE MELTING INTO LUSH GREEN AT LOW TIDE
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