Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1914 — A Futile Dream. [ARTICLE]

A Futile Dream.

I kno-yv a peaceful, leafy dell Where fragrant breezes blow, Where happy feathered songsters dwell. Or blithely come and go, And one serenely wanders there Who once claimed all my praise When I possessed no worldly care And still had boyish ways.

Ah, gladly I would linger yet Within that peaceful liaunt, Far from the scenes where people fret Ajjd children cry In want— Ah, would that yonder I might fare As oft I fared of yore, But if I did i’d fi n( j h er there. And she is young no more.