The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-19
STATE POEMS

l STATE POEMS
Mr.. Theodore +. Allen. OF Cincinnati,
recently printed in the National Tribune
4 The State poems of four States, among
Y! them that OF Virginia. Mr., Allen ex-
presscs the hope that the publication OF
/ these may incte the poets to- furnish
poems for the other States. These are
/ the four printed: &.
Virginia {,
"The roses nowhere bloom 50 white
AS In Virginia.
The sunshine nowhere shines so bright
AS III Virginia.
/ The birds nowhere sing so sweet,
1 And nowhern hearts SO lightly beat, )
For heaven and earth seem both to meet
Down b, Virginia.
| ".There is nowhere a land SO fair
AS in Virginia.
So full Of song and free OF care
As In Virginia.
| And believe that Happy Land
| The Lord prepared for mortal man,
1 Is built exactly on the plan
j or old Virginia.
.""The days nre nowhere quite so long
/ As in vittSinia.
Nor quite 50 ,,,, oiled with happy song
So when my time has come to die.
Just take me back and let me lie,
Where tho noble James goes rolling by,
Down In virginia"
Kentucky
"The moonlight is the softest
In Kentucky.
Summer days come oftest
sE In Kentucky. 81 f..&
| Friendship is the strongest.
Loves forces glow the longest
Yet wrong Is always wrongest
| In kentucky.
'"The sun shines ever brightest
In Kentucky
The breezes whisper lightcst,
In Kentucky.
Plain girls are the fewest,
Maidens' eyes arc bluest
Their little hearts are truest.
In Kentucky.
"Lifo's burdens bear the lightcst
In Kentucky
The home fires burn the brightest,
In Kentucky.
While the players are the keenest,
Cards come out the mennest,
Lite JpOChcta elnpLleS CleaueSt, stl5l'
In kentucky.
.:Orators are the grandest,
E; In kentucky.
Officials are the blandest. t5
#&s In Kentucky.
Boys are all the fllest,
Danger ever highest.
Taxes are the highest,
In Kentucky.
"Thee blue grass waves the bluest
In Kentucky.
Yet bhlebloods are the fewest 10
Il .It68 In Kentucky.
Moonshine Is the clearest,
BY no means of the dearest,
And yet 1t acts the queercst,
In Kentucky.
1.-THE dove notes are the saddest
k5s{s In Kentucky.s.
The streams dance on the gladdest,
In Kentucky.
Hip pockets are the thickest.
Pistol hands IRE slickest.
Cylinders turn the quickest,
In Kentucky.
Song birds are the sweetest.
In Kentucky
Thoroughbrcus the neetest
In Kentucky
The mountains tower the Sproudest
Thunder peals the oudest,
The landscape Is the grandest.
sAnd-Politicsg the da.ndest,
In Kentucky"
Illinois.
3'Ry the rivers gently flowing, Illinois.
81 Illinois. !,
Ger thy praries verdant growing, I'LL
ii. 5nois. Illinois. S. q
Comes an echo on the breeze rustlins
5tfiro'st the leafy trees,
And Ats mellow tones are these, Illinois.
Illinois.
.4And its mellow tones are these, Illinois.
s. From a wilderness Of prairIes, Illinois,
s Illinois,.
STRAIGHT. the way and never varies, Iii
s5 VI nois, illinois.
Till upon the inland sea stands thy great
; commercial tree, ,5i
I Turning all the world to thee. Illinois,
Illinois,
Turning ali the world to thee. Illinois.
When your country heard you calling.
&&s Illinois, Illinois,
Where the shot and shell were falling,
Illinois. Illinois.
When the southern host withdrew, pit
ting gray against the blue.
There were none more brave than you,
Illinois. Illinois.
Illinois,
mot without thy wondrous story. luz
nols, Illinois,
Can be writ the nations glory. Illinois,
Illinois,
On the record of the years, ABR am Lin
coln's name appears.
Grant and Logan and our tears, Illinois.
Illinois,
Grant and Logan and our tears. illinois.
AZ Ohio.
'1rho sun never shone on country more