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Show v MPMM HOW MAXY MILES TO BABYLON? A nursery rhyme I knew of old That thrilled one line of bugle blow. One line of blazoned purple and gold. Of sunrise gleam and sunset glow; It held the sailor's loud "Yo-ho!" The soldier's gallant "Ever on!" The virgin's hope, the poet's throe "How many miles to Babylon?" The city where royal roadways rolled League after league and row on row, Where hanging gardens did enfold Lilies ashine like magic snow. All the white wonders children know, And hoping hearts to dote upon . That would forget Time's mournful flow How many miles to Babylon? O City of Dreams! How ready and bold Were to cry "Come, let us go Out of these streets where wise men scold Their logic, their eternal 'No!' Forth we adventured, forth and lo! The wise men, all at pro and con. -Laughed with their laughter grim and slow, "How many miles to Babylon?" Envoi. Ah! Prince, we know the years we know The weariest ever sun shone on. Weary as wealth and wan as woe. How many miles to Babylon? Pall Mall Gazette. |