Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-01-19
Poetyy.
Ths LeseIy Rssers ass Lakes Of .ua'"e'


oh, the lovely rivers and lakes of Mainol
plain.
Aboriginal musce inspire my strain,
vbie sing the bright rivers and lakes Of Maine
From Cupsuptac to Cheputmaticook,
From sagadahock to Pohenegamook-
'gamook, 'gamook,
Pohenegamook,
From Sagadlhock to Pohenegamook.
For light serenadng, the "Blue Mosec,"
'Donnie Doom" and "swoet Avon" may do very
well;
But the rivers Of Maine, in their wild soltudes,
Bring a thundcrous sound from the depth Of the
woods:
The Aroostook and the Chimmenticook
The Chimpasaoc and Chinquaseabamtook-
'bamtook, bamtook,
Chinquassabamtook,
Chimpassoc and Chinquassabamtook.
Behold how they sparkle and fash in the sun
The Mattawamkeag and the Mussungun;
The kingy Penobscot, the wild WOODSTOCK;
Kennebec, Kennebsgo, and sebasticook;
The pretty Presumpscut aud gay Tulanbic
The Ess'quilssgook and little Schoodic-
schoodic, Schoodic,
The little schoodic,
The Esa'quilsaeook and little schoodic.
Yes, yes, I prefer the bright rivers Of Maine
To the Rhine the Rhone, the Saone or the
Seine,
These may do for the oockney; but give me some
nook
On the Ammonnoosuc or the wytopadook,
On the Umsaskis or the Rpogenis,
The Ripogenis or the Piscataquis.
'aquis, aquis,
The Piscataqus,
The Ripogenis or the Piscataquis.
"Away down South, the Cherokee
Has named his river the Tennessee,
The Chattahoochee and the Ocmugee,
The Copgaree and the ohoopee
But what are they, or the Frenchy Detroit,
To the Paseadumkeag or the wassatoquoit--
toquoit toquoit,
The wassatoquoit
To the Psssadumkesg or the wassatoquoit.
Then turn To the beautiful lakes of Maine
ITO the sage Of Aubirn be given the strain,
The statesman whose genius and bright fancy makes
The earths highest glories to shine its lakes):
What lakes out Of Maine ilace in the book
With the Matagomon and the Pangokomook-
'omook, 'omook,
The Pangokomook,
with the Matagomon and the Psngokomook.
Lake Leman or Como, what care for them,
When Maine has the Moosohead and Pongokwahem,
And, sweet as the dews in the yiolcts kiss,
wallagosquegamook and Teleslmis:
And when can share In the fsherman's bunk,
On the Moosetuckmaguntic or Moltunkamunk-
'amunk, 'amunk,
Or Mol'tunkamunk,
On the Moosetuckmaguntic or Mol'tunkamuni7
And Maine has the Eagle lakes, Cheappawgan,
And the little Sepic and the little Scapsn,
The spreading sebago, the Csngomgomoc,
The Millikonet and Notesinioc,
Caribou and the fair Apmonj encamook,
oquassac and rare wetokenebacook-
scook 'acook,
wetokenet acook,
Oquassac and rare wetokenebscook.
And there are the Pokeshine al Pat quop gomis;
And there is the pretty Coscomogonosis,
Romantic UmbasoR and Pemsdumook,
The PemAdumook and the old Chesuncooh,
Sepois and Moosetuck; and take care not to miss
The Umbazookskus or the syslAdobsis--
'dobsis, 'dobsis,
The sysladobsis,
The Umbazookskus or sysladobsis.
Oh, give me the rivers and lakes Of Maine,
In her mountains or forests or fields Of grain,
In the depth Of the shade or the blaze of the sun.
The lakes Of schoodic and the Basconegun,
And the dear waubasoos and the clear Aauessuc.
The Cosbosfcontc and Millenkikuk-
kikuk, 'kikuk,
The Mllcnkikuk
The Cosbosecontic and Millenkikuk