Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WOHELO, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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WOHELO, by                    
First Line: Down in maine at camp wohelo
Last Line: In our hearts their fame will live.
Subject(s): Camping; Children; Games; Girls; Maine (state); Sports; Camps; Summer Camps; Childhood; Recreation; Pastimes; Amusements


Down in Maine at Camp Wohelo,
On Sebago's rocky shore,
Charming maids, 'mid crag and forest,
Here are gathered by the score.
Brown and tanned by wind and weather,
Beauty, health and strength have they,
Trained in sports on land and water,
Wait they now for Gala Day.

Here 'mid scenes of wondrous beauty,
Lovely Jellyfish are found;
In these pure and limpid waters,
Pollywogs and Frogs abound;
Water Queens, Witches and Babies,
Beauties of the sky and air,
Flashing through the sunlit waters,
Mermaids never were so fair.

From far homes and distant cities
Speeding autos wend their way,
Parents bound for Camp Wohelo
And the sports of Water Day.
Proud the hearts and loving, tender,
Angels watch while kiddies wait,
Heaven blesses such reunions
Guarding well Wohelo's gate.

Maids now rule Sebago's waters,
Pliant to their dive and stroke,
What to them could be defiant,
Work, Health, Love, the gods invoke.
Diving, swimming, and canoeing,
Using paddles, hands and feet,
Racing—'twould not be unpleasant
At such hands to meet defeat.

Gaze we at the coming woman
Standing in her war canoe,
Spectacle of wondrous beauty—
Look the one thing we can do!
When, like Centaurs, on their horses,
Parents gaze in wonder now,
When they ride it is to conquer,
Every heart and knee doth bow.

Tender hearts and tear-wet lashes,
This day love rules sea and shore,
God's love down from Heaven flashes,
Breathe we thanks to Him once more.
To the ones who rule Wohelo,
Grateful praise we freely give
For the training and the keeping;
In our hearts their fame will live.





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