THE PELICAN IN THE WILDERNESSFeb. 9, 1904. Bear's Cut (the Horseshoe Beach)
From yonder wild and lonesome wood,
Where stands a gnarled tree,
The Pelican now issues forth
In curiositee.
He views me with distrustful eye
As if to say, "Just see,
There is another crazy loon
A-writing about me.
From David's to the present time
They all have let me be,
Because a face and name like mine
Don't go in poetree.
For years unnumbered, countless, aye,
For many a centuree,
I've spent my time in living up
To that old psalmistree.
It's tiresome to haunt the wilds
With such persistencee;
Where stands a gnarled tree,
The Pelican now issues forth
In curiositee.
He views me with distrustful eye
As if to say, "Just see,
There is another crazy loon
A-writing about me.
From David's to the present time
They all have let me be,
Because a face and name like mine
Don't go in poetree.
For years unnumbered, countless, aye,
For many a centuree,
I've spent my time in living up
To that old psalmistree.
It's tiresome to haunt the wilds
With such persistencee;
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