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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PARCEL POST, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography
First Line: What farms and factories produce
Last Line: The shining parcel post!
Subject(s): Postal Service; Postmen; Post Office; Mail; Mailmen
First Line: What farms and factories produce
Last Line: The shining parcel post!
Subject(s): Postal Service; Postmen; Post Office; Mail; Mailmen
What farms and factories produce
And art and commerce boast,
All things of beauty and of use,
We send by parcel post.
Confectionery, sweaters, mats,
Shoes, clocks, a steak, a roast,
Eggs, pictures, aprons, pickles, hats --
All, all by parcel post!
Preserves by grandma's finest rule,
The cake that Bob likes most,
A box of "eats" for Bess at school --
Ah, homely parcel post!
The waking up of enterprise
To reach the farthest coast,
That he who sells and he who buys
May bless the parcel post!
The binding of the shop and farm,
And all our nation's host, --
Oh, it can reach a long, long arm,
This friendly parcel post!
So here's to Uncle Sam, P. M.,
A universal toast:
Columbia wears another gem,
The shining parcel post!
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