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Poems
With a mountain torrent reckless speed.
It ran to meet us over the hill,
Directly out of the cloudless sky,
Till we reached the summit, then valleys fair,
In all their beauty went flashing by.
It ran to meet us over the hill,
Directly out of the cloudless sky,
Till we reached the summit, then valleys fair,
In all their beauty went flashing by.
I think 'twas the girl with the crimson cap,
And white veil floating upon the air,—
Breathing a sigh of supreme content,—
Expressed her belief that heaven was fair;
But with such a dutiful motor car,
And the one she loved as acting chauffeur,
A run o'er the beautiful Jersey lands,
Was quite enough of heaven for her.
And white veil floating upon the air,—
Breathing a sigh of supreme content,—
Expressed her belief that heaven was fair;
But with such a dutiful motor car,
And the one she loved as acting chauffeur,
A run o'er the beautiful Jersey lands,
Was quite enough of heaven for her.
A sudden curve in the winding road,
And we turned away from the west, to run
Where the musical Raritan river flowed,—
Its wavelets kissed by the setting sun.
Rippling and dimpling and dancing along,
Between the verdure of shore and shore,
She murmured softly sweet Nature's song,
As we ran by her side for a mile or more.
And we turned away from the west, to run
Where the musical Raritan river flowed,—
Its wavelets kissed by the setting sun.
Rippling and dimpling and dancing along,
Between the verdure of shore and shore,
She murmured softly sweet Nature's song,
As we ran by her side for a mile or more.
The sun went down in its crimson and gold,
That faded slowly and drifted away,
As the twilight hour, with her manifold
Fancies, shook out her mantle of gray.
That faded slowly and drifted away,
As the twilight hour, with her manifold
Fancies, shook out her mantle of gray.
