. Poems of life in the country and by the sea . IENCE GOING A FISHING Twas a day I shall always remember,A most beautiful day in September,Not a cloud in the skyAnd our spirits were high ;Life, with us, was far from an ember. All summer we boys had been wishinghor the time when we could go hshing,So we cut some birch poles,Dug the worms from mud mother our luncheon was dishing. Then we harnessed old black and the gray,Hitched them fast to an ancient coupe,Put in bait, hook and the poles out behind,And our rollicking crew sped away. By upland and valley and meadow,Ne
. Poems of life in the country and by the sea . IENCE GOING A FISHING Twas a day I shall always remember,A most beautiful day in September,Not a cloud in the skyAnd our spirits were high ;Life, with us, was far from an ember. All summer we boys had been wishinghor the time when we could go hshing,So we cut some birch poles,Dug the worms from mud mother our luncheon was dishing. Then we harnessed old black and the gray,Hitched them fast to an ancient coupe,Put in bait, hook and the poles out behind,And our rollicking crew sped away. By upland and valley and meadow,Neath cloudland and sunlight and shadow,Down the white sandy roadWhere the goldenrod glowedNear the red of the sumac, in yellow. Soon the pond, a fair picture in some flat-bottomed boats came in view So we slackened our speed, Tied the horses for feed,And bid summers labor adieu. O that day, it was surely a we caught lots of fishes for dinner, And with appetites big. Drove home in our them all, or else, Im a sinner. 26. POEMS FROM LIFES EXPERIENCE GIDEON SMITH, THE JOINER Carpenter & Joiner. that was his sign,But hed join everything that enlered his mind;The first baby show in the old Town HallHe joined and joined in the baby squall. Later he joined in the primary the teacher in kissing a beautiful lass,Joined in the singing, then joined in the prayer,And in every quarrel that happened there. Still later, when larger and able to play,Joined all the ball clubs that came in his way;He joined in licking the umpire, the chap wouldnt join in his view. O, that Gideon Smith, he joined the churchAnd societies, all he could find by search,The Masons, the Elks, the Odd hallows, , he joined them all and longed for new. He joined v/ith Salomie in wedlock bands,Then joined with the preacher in holding her hands:He joined in living with her the lifeThat made them happy, as man and wife. He joined the crowd that went to his grave,But t
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