Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BEAUTIES AROUND US, by JESSE SILL


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THE BEAUTIES AROUND US, by                    
First Line: The beautiful scenes around us
Last Line: Old utah, is just good enough for me.
Subject(s): Roads; Travel; Paths; Trails; Journeys; Trips


The beautiful scenes around us
We can never appreciate more,
So we get into the Gas Bus
And travel the country o'er.
We journey from city to city
And we pass the beautiful by,
And then we think, "What a pity
That there's no more beauty nigh."
And we travel away into the East
And we travel away into the West,
Our lot with the trailer is cast.
We like the jolts of the road best,
And, then, we go away, over to Paris
And we take a short cut to Rome.
And we get so awfully careless
We forget the beauties of home.
We forget the beauties of the canyon
And its streams all filled with fish,
And the home scenes we will abandon
Just for a mere thought or a wish.
We view the Alps in their grandeur,
But we forget other peaks more grand.
For the sake of this trip we endure,
And small pleasures I can't understand.
So I'll camp at the foot of the mountains
And I'll feast my eyes in delight
As I look at the rills and the fountains
And thank God for this pretty sight.
For I have neither a Gas Bus or trailer
Nor the price of a trip across the sea.
And if I'd been born a good sailor,
Old Utah, is just good enough for me.





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