[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 swells Of rock-ribbed, cloud-capped earth, My fair and gentle Ida dwells, A nymph of mountain-birth.
My heart is on the hills. The shades Of night are on my brow; Ye pleasant haunts and quiet glades, My soul is with you now! I bless the star-crowned highlands where My Ida's footsteps roam: O for a falcon's wing to bear Me onward to my home!