Show I THE COSMETIC OF THE INANIMATE I am the saver of surfaces Ill fl am the world-old world preserver Noah oah knew me for he pitched the ark within and The Pharaohs sought me as an adornment for their tombs tombs tombs- their mummies endure because 1 conserve fil III am the of the ancient Britons their blue battle hue Because of me the treasures of the Sistine Chapel defy efface- efface ment VI I am the keeper of the antique Ill I 1 am the servant of progress Columbus found me bedecking the savages who watched him plant Ferdinands Ferdinand's banner on the shores of New Spain and the very ery sails of his caravels resisted the elements of the West Vest through my aid lid IThe The IThe pioneers westward wending their way daubed the prairie schooners with my protection UI I am the royal robes of civilizations civilization's monarchs Steel and Lum Lum- ber The taut wings of the airplane gleam under my protective veneer The sullen and and the homing transport plow the theseas theseas theseas seas impervious to corrosion because of me VI I waterproofed your agents of destruction the bullet and the shell Then I 1 drew the mercy of mY concealing camouflage over your hospitals VI fI I glisten on the homes and on the barns and on the cement surfaces Where 11 life is I am alive Where death and decay set in my absence hastens them VAnd And my mission is to preserve Saver t of f Sur Surface a e I am PAINT A I |