Bassett's Scrap Book
SCRAPS OF HISTORY, FACT AND HUMOR
OFFICIAL ORGAN LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WHEELMEN
Entered as Second-Class Matter, March 10, 1904, at the Post Office at Boston, Mass., uuder the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
A LITTLE FARTHER ON.
Just a little farther on waits a wondrous April dawn,
When the boughs will break in blossoms as a flag is lifted up,
When the grass will rise and run with the laughter of the sun
And the sky will seem to pour us wine from out a magic cup;
And we'll sing because of knowing all the songs the wind is blowing,
And the earth will be the gladder for the dreary days agone.
Then we'll catch the murmured words in the singing of the birds,
When the earth has rolled to springtime—just a little farther on.
Shut your eyes, and you may dream of the dandelion's gleam
Where the careless hand of springtime has been spilling all its gold,
While the meadow over night flings aside the wintry blight
And its carpet smooth as velvet is by fairy hands unrolled.
Then we'll know the tang and tingle of the blossom scents that mingle,
And we'll taste the joys of living in the wondrous April dawn,
For we're swinging to the wiles of the singing and the smiles,
To the blessedness of springtime—just a little farther on.
