A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . ocP^ltdZ ,^^^i^^z:^ / / K ~> 570 A History of Rome and Floyd County. PSYCHES MIRROR AT ROME. (Now Turn the Book Upside Down.) THE RIVERS OF CHEROKEE Ernest Neal. Have you heard of the land of the Cherokees,With its wonderful streams and beautiful trees,Of its flowers abloom and the wild perfumeThat floated like myrrh on the evening breeze? Have you heard of Echota, the capital town,And the brave old chief with feathery crown?Of the
A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . ocP^ltdZ ,^^^i^^z:^ / / K ~> 570 A History of Rome and Floyd County. PSYCHES MIRROR AT ROME. (Now Turn the Book Upside Down.) THE RIVERS OF CHEROKEE Ernest Neal. Have you heard of the land of the Cherokees,With its wonderful streams and beautiful trees,Of its flowers abloom and the wild perfumeThat floated like myrrh on the evening breeze? Have you heard of Echota, the capital town,And the brave old chief with feathery crown?Of the warrior band and the pow-wow the light of the moon when the sun went down? Far away in the past this quaint land lies,And around it the mists obscure arise;It is only in dreams we hear shrill screamsOf the eagles afloat in their native skies. But the rivers glide on in rhythmical flowThrough fields of today that grew maize long slow Connasauga, the clear Oostanaula—Like their musical names—gurgle soft and low. In the laugh of the ripples of sweet Salacoa,In the fall of the current of silvery Toccoa,In the roar of Tallulah and the splash of YahoolaAre the weird and sad notes of an unwritten lor
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