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Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow/The Place Where the Rainbow Ends

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4638686Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow — The Place Where the Rainbow Ends1905Paul Laurence Dunbar

THE PLACE WHERE THE RAINBOW ENDS

THERE'S a fabulous storyFull of splendor and glory,That Arabian legends transcends;Of the wealth without measure,The coffers of treasure,At the place where the rainbow ends.
Oh, many have sought it,And all would have bought it,With the blood we so recklessly  spend;But none has uncovered,The gold, nor discoveredThe spot at the rainbow's end.
They have sought it in battle,And e'en where the rattleOf dice with man's blasphemy  blends; But howe'er persuasive,It still proves evasive,This place where the rainbow ends.
I own for my pleasure,I yearn not for treasure,Though gold has a power it lends;And I have a notion,To find without motion,The place where the rainbow ends.
The pot may hold pottage,The place be a cottage,That a humble contentment defends,Only joy fills its coffer,But spite of the scoffer,There's the place where the rainbow  ends.
Where care shall be quiet,And love shall run riot,And I shall find wealth in my  friends;
Then truce to the story,Of riches and glory;There's the place where the rainbow  ends