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WHERE PRAIRIES ROLL by DELLA MCDANIEL

First Line: WHERE PRAIRIES ROLL, THE GODS DISPEL
Last Line: WHERE PRAIRIES ROLL.
Subject(s): NATURE; PRAIRIES; PLAINS;
Where prairies roll, the gods dispel
The fragrance of an earthen smell,
And on their broad and tranquil breast
The grassy murmurs lull to rest
As range winds gently rise and swell.

There is a charm no tongue can tell
In silent sweeps, where clanging bell
Mars not the stillness that is blest
Where prairies roll.

Oh not for me the wooded dell
That smothers like a prison cell;
But in vast stretches of the west
Where sunshine bathes hollow and crest,
Let me abide; for all is well
Where prairies roll.



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