Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1897-08-28 | Page 4 | A Ballade of Summer Trips

I A BALLADE OP SID MER TRIPS Folders yellow and pamphlets blue I Widespread maps of land and sea Famed resorts are there on view Crested peak and daisied lea rO every one Im urged to flee And see the best beneath the dome With each and all I quits agree In Slimmer trips I take at home Railroads ships and stage lines too Have schedules made most wondrously Their extras need large revenue Tnaugh sonifi like sky and air are free These problems all I solve with glee From snowy height to breakers comb TJme meanS and measures I forsee In Summer trips I take at home The old black porch hath vines a few Wit i blossoms nodding down at me Cracked ice some mint a straw or two And > other things are at my knee Its there I plan my jubilee Where figure wastes of salty foam And glens and spas of high degree In Summer trips I take at home ENVOY Prince when at last my dreams com true lAnd l-And pleasurebent afar I roam Grant me such joy the journey through As marks these trips I take at home t C M Hager in Puck