History of the Rockaways - From the Year 1685 to 1917; Being a Complete Record and Review of Events of Historical Importance During That Period in the Rockaway Peninsula, Comprising the Villages of Hewlett, Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Lawren... #221199

Land, devoid of trees it stands. Massa'pequa Great water land — how few, how few they are. Their poetry was Nature's. Deep within The heart they held it, but all unexpressed In wreathed numbers was the joy they felt, So silent, grave, they lived their lives, and passed. From shore and river, forest-land and plain, They passed away. Of all they saw and wrought, Of all their stately life and utterance, A few names glimpse for us their every thought. — Jessie Fremont Hume.