Poem “Song of the Road” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Song of the Road

I am a Road; a good road, fair and smooth and broad;
   And I link with my beautiful tether
   Town and Country together,
Like a ribbon rolled on the earth, from the reel of God.
   Oh, great the life of a Road!

I am a Road; a long road, leading on and on;
   And I cry to the world to follow,
   Past meadow and hill and hollow,
Through desolate night, to the open gates of dawn.
   Oh, bold the life of a Road!

I am a Road; a kind road, shaped by strong hands.
   I make strange cities neighbours;
   The poor grow rich with my labours,
And beauty and comfort follow me through the lands.
   Oh, glad the life of a Road!

I am a Road; a wise road, knowing all men’s ways;
   And I know how each heart reaches
   For the things dear Nature teaches;
And I am the path that leads into green young Mays.
   Oh, sweet the life of a Road!

I am a Road; and I speed away from the slums,
   Away from desolate places,
   Away from unused spaces;
Wherever I go, there order from chaos comes.
   Oh, brave the life of a Road!

I am a Road; and I would make the whole world one.
   I would give hope to duty,
   And cover the earth with beauty.
Do you not see, O men! how all this might be done?
   So vast the power of the Road!

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