<h2><SPAN name="page71"></SPAN><span class="pagenum"></span>SONG OF THE ROAD</h2>
<p class="poetry">I <span class="smcap">am</span> a Road; a good
road, fair and smooth and broad;<br/>
And I link with my beautiful tether<br/>
Town and Country together,<br/>
Like a ribbon rolled on the earth, from the reel of God.<br/>
Oh, great the life of a Road!</p>
<p class="poetry">I am a Road; a long road, leading on and on;<br/>
And I cry to the world to follow,<br/>
Past meadow and hill and hollow,<br/>
Through desolate night, to the open gates of dawn.<br/>
Oh, bold the life of a Road!</p>
<p class="poetry">I am a Road; a kind road, shaped by strong
hands.<br/>
I make strange cities neighbours;<br/>
The poor grow rich with my labours,<br/>
And beauty and comfort follow me through the lands.<br/>
Oh, glad the life of a Road!</p>
<p class="poetry"><SPAN name="page72"></SPAN><span class="pagenum">p.
72</span>I am a Road; a wise road, knowing all men’s
ways;<br/>
And I know how each heart reaches<br/>
For the things dear Nature teaches;<br/>
And I am the path that leads into green young Mays.<br/>
Oh, sweet the life of a Road!</p>
<p class="poetry">I am a Road; and I speed away from the
slums,<br/>
Away from desolate places,<br/>
Away from unused spaces;<br/>
Wherever I go, there order from chaos comes.<br/>
Oh, brave the life of a Road!</p>
<p class="poetry">I am a Road; and I would make the whole world
one.<br/>
I would give hope to duty,<br/>
And cover the earth with beauty.<br/>
Do you not see, O men! how all this might be done?<br/>
So vast the power of the Road!</p>
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