'Sanity of stone'

The Barre (Vt.) World War 1 Memorial, "Youth Triumphant", by sculptor C. Paul Jennewein. The Barre area is known for its granite and marble industries.

“There under elms in glacial light

Survival forced me to atone:

The heart exchanged its rich excess

For starker sanity of stone.’’

— From “Sojourn in Vermont,’’ by Israel Smith

The Rock of Ages quarry, in Barre, Vt.

— Photo by Mfwills