And We Came To The Silent Isle

and we
came to
the Silent Isle
that we
never had
touched at
before
where a
silent ocean
always broke
on a
silent shore
and the brooks
glittered
on in
the light
without sound
and the long waterfall
poured in a
thunderless plunge
to the base of the mountain walls
--alfred tennyson (from "the voyage of maeldune ")

view east from outside Cremation Canyon (top)
the saddle between Cheops Pyramid and Isis Temple (middle)
lower Cottonwood Canyon (below)