Show I HERES HERE'S POEM ABOUT COLD LOTS OF IT s sEven Even the old time residents of Utah are aro admitting that it has been boen an unusually Unusually un usually hard winter which is apropos to tho the following poem written by Dr Charles G. G Plummer Sh Won Sha-Won-Dasse- a a. aon W. W on on- O. O asse asse- Southwind After Longfellow By Dr C. C G. G Plummer i From tho the frozen Icebound Northland II Home of ot Iceberg sno snow wastes frost winds Homo of ot walrus seal Bell and white bear bear bear- Wabasso the great creat White Rabbit Comes ComeN tho the fierce nok Ka He Ho tho the shrieking wailing Northwind Comes from peak crowned hoary mountain moun moun- talus tain n H Far up yonder onder farther higher Than the tho eye ere of man can carr carry Spreading wide his trot frosty talons Spreading wide to eastward westward Southward goes he strength un unfailing tailing Far behind him trailing trailing Ike hoar frost chilling freezing freezing- All AU within his pathway fn falling ng I Child of Master Mud Je Ruler Huler of ot the w winds winds of ot heaven There Thero must be thy conqueror somewhere Somewhere must there bo ho th thy master I For written that tho the seasons sea Must each other follow tallow closely Each bo ho the other bearer Of Ot a f secret ecret none nono ml may fathom Of a knowledge o and nd a wisdom Wisely Isel human yet et unwritten So our Master laJter GItche Manitou Has decreed thy sudden downfall Thou must end th thy Icy rail railIngs In iS Thou mu must t vanish from this rf region For this season thou must take thee To thy stronghold way In Northlands Where thou shall remain till called for forBy forBy forBy By thy Master Manter him of ot power So from other worlds we call him Where In other climes ho lingers Val Waiting tin anxiously tho the summons For a a. a duty well begotten otten Trained Is ho he to fight the tho Ice K King ng Melt the snowdrift thaw the rivers Quicken yearnings of ot tho the springtime Here he comes oh won Sha South Southwind wind warm of ot song sons and story I And ho he comes stay comes stay yet et he lingers lingers- Slow If lo it ho to breathe his blessings blessings- Ruled Is ho he by other powers Ruled b by selfishness so human That his praise b by thee oh oh Master Is a sign to us of warning That wo we must his warm breath foster Keep forever In remembrance From the tho Se Water Sea comes h he Comes the wind of or legend Wind of oC stories olden ancient ancient- Comes from home on Sea Vater Slowly rolling over Eastward Onward upward ever er Eastward Over hamlets over cl cities tics To the foothills of oC the mountains mountains- Up the tho valleys alleys and tho the canyons I Tops tho the summit summits whirling faster Warming thawing melting I To the snows no so lon long there lying lying- Thou must go thou go thou ha hn hart t U thy mission I Long delayed but Spring Is coming Pregnant earth curtis already calls thee Begs Hes a draught from life eternal I Dormant buds butle and flowers lowers need theo thee Give them food so long Jong denied them I Else l their life lite an awful struggle I Ends and ending leaves us nothing nothing- For their presence unaccounted I Northward Eastward sweeps the thc SouthWInd Southwind South- South I wind Toward fair Utah land Jand of ot promise 1 Utes all nil are eager I For Jor th this breath of ot springtime freshness I Stop In all their jO joy and gladness I Comes Ka bl furious Hurls himself again upon them them I Hurls his frosty trost darts and arrows Stays the mild sweet tempered SouthwInd Southwind Southwind South- South wind In his course and on his mission Drives him backward over mountain mountains Seals again the land with Tightens up his hoar hoary frost chains Tighter drawing ever tighter i Till the land Jand the trees the I Cry aloud for tor quick assistance Aid to save VO their squaws S From the f scourge the stalking famine i Breathe again oh oh won Sha Breathe upon us us gentle Once 3 again high oer o'er tho the valleys vallo's Sweetly softly over ever singing Wafting WaninG Northward lilting lighting lighting- Warm arm again the white snow-white mantle Warm It with the breath of Springtime Melt Jell It with a lovers lover's fervor fenor For the breast of ot Earth maternal Drive the tho frozen Northwind backward hackward Toward his regions far up yonder j Timer to stay another Re season s u Till his snows MOWS a again ln shall cover Hills and forests homes and orchards G Gently came caine the Southwind onward Came the time warm wind Sha dasse And the grass graf 1 the trees the flowers With rit a t. t welcome warmly vernal Ran Sang a n song ong to Him eternal Blades of or grass r ss and hued green leaflets I Opened wide their mouths mouth so o tin tiny Drank Dronk tho the wino wine of ot life Ufe Elixir Bore Ilore their blossoms fruits blossoms fruits for harvest harvest- When the tho harvest moon had silvered All the earth the tho sk sky the water A And t th hO homo of ot paleface Redman I |