. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . : Here the people, well contented, Feel themselves not small potatoes; Living in the biggest county Of the state, and eke New England; Biggest and the most productive. Here the spruce and pine trees tower. And the cedar spreads its fragrance: Beauty flashes from the waters Of the rivers, lakes aud lakelets; Majesty eniolds the forests, Aud the inedian-al customs Tvinger in Acadian hamlets Wliere bright-eyed Evangeline, Jeanne, Aimee and fair Delphine Gossip at their spinning wlieels, \

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. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . : Here the people, well contented, Feel themselves not small potatoes; Living in the biggest county Of the state, and eke New England; Biggest and the most productive. Here the spruce and pine trees tower. And the cedar spreads its fragrance: Beauty flashes from the waters Of the rivers, lakes aud lakelets; Majesty eniolds the forests, Aud the inedian-al customs Tvinger in Acadian hamlets Wliere bright-eyed Evangeline, Jeanne, Aimee and fair Delphine Gossip at their spinning wlieels, \Vhile spun flax grows on the reels. — The Aroostook Pihjrim, Canto

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