The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-02
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AS wandered through the Ozarks,
mighty mountains Of Missouri)
With their hills and with their valleys,
With their rushing rillS and rivers
(Water clear as any crystal,
Nectar fit for gods or men),
With their ledge OF flint and limestone.
With their store Of zinc and ron-ore,
With their hoard Of lead and silver,
With their wealth Of giant timber,
(Nature's covering for the and),
There I had dream-or vision
Such dream as men have waking,
Such dream as very often
Dreams the sturdy pioneer.
A dream that calls forth men Of muscle,
Power Of will and force Of muscle;
Such dream as calls for action
And comes true.
In my dream or call it vision
l saw all these mighty Osarks
mighty mountains Of Mssour)
Come submissive and subservient
To the mightier sons Of men;
Saw thes vast and mighty mountains
Overcome by sons Of men.
Saw the rushing rivers hanessed,
Saw the mines give up their treasures,
Saw the forest monarchs leveed,
Making homes for sons Of men,
Saw the groves Of oak and hickory
Saw the great, green pines and cedars,
Saw the sycamore and walnut,
And the maple and the ash tree,
All give way before the onslaught
Ofthe mightier sons Of pen.
Men Of sturdy brain and muscle,
Men who can't resist the calling,
Men who can't submit with patience,
While there are new lands to conquer.
Saw these men Of will and muscle
In their warfare with the forests;
Saw the forests bow before them
Mighty forests that the fury
OF the wind could bend but break not,
That the mighty lightnings flashes
Could not level with their fire.
And these sturdy men, and dauntess,
On the ground lay these old monarchs;
Took their trunks and made them houses,
Roughbewed, builded log on log
Oh the trees they made them fences;
Fence Of rail and fence of paling
Builded they around the homestead,
Dared the trees to come therein.
Then they planted in their ceaings
Corn and wheat and sweet potatoes,
Cane for sorghum and for fodder,
Oats and millet and the clovers,
(Plants that like this sunny climate,
With the south wind and the ran),
And around the rough log cabin
Planted hollyhocks and sunhowers,
Planted trailing vines with blossoms
And they called the cabin home
1t has been said, II you're dreamer,
And your dreams are not your master,
Then the world is yours" And truly,
1t is true.
So too, sturdy men Of muscle,
Men Of will and men OF muscle,
May dream dreams, or have their visions,
Such as this dream I've been dreaming,
And may have their dreams come true;
In these mighty Ozark mountains,
Where Of old the Indian hunted,
Where the tmid deer aud turkey,
Where the fox and wolf and wildcat
And the SMALL untamed woods.people
Used Of old to have their homes;
May wrest dwellings from these forests,
May wrest wealth from out the hlsdes,
May take power from havDessed rivers,
May see all their hreams come true
There is calling in the south wind,
Calling, calling, soft and gentle,
Call in sun and call in rainshower,
Call in flowers and birds and trees;
The call Of nature in her fastness,
Call Of nature in her vastness;
All are calling, calling, calling,
To the sturdy pioneers:
Come and make your home among US,
Come and live in peace and pleasure,
Come and corquer, il courageous;
In these mighty Ozark mountains,
We are waiting here for you"
"Rube."