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I come upon it suddenly alone	A
A little pathway winding in the weeds	B
That fringe the roadside and with dreams my own	A
I wander as it leads	B
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Full wistfully along the slender way	C
Through summer tan of freckled shade and shine	D
I take the path that leads me as it may	C
Its every choice is mine	D
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A chipmunk or a sudden whirring quail	E
Is startled by my step as on I fare	F
A garter snake across the dusty trail	E
Glances and is not there	F
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Above the arching jimson weeds flare twos	G
And twos of sallow yellow butterflies	H
Like blooms of lorn primroses blowing loose	I
When autumn winds arise	H
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The trail dips dwindles broadens then and lifts	J
Itself astride a cross road dubiously	E
And from the fennel marge beyond it drifts	J
Still onward beckoning me	K
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And though it needs must lure me mile on mile	E
Out of the public highway still I go	L
My thoughts far in advance in Indian file	E
Allure me even so	L
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Why I am as a long lost boy that went	M
At dusk to bring the cattle to the bars	N
And was not found again though Heaven lent	M
His mother all the stars	N
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With which to seek him through that awful night	O
O years of nights as vain Stars never rise	H
But well might miss their glitter in the light	O
Of tears in mother eyes	H
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So on with quickened breaths I follow still	E
My avant courier must be obeyed	P
Thus am I led and thus the path at will	E
Invites me to invade	P
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A meadow's precincts where my daring guide	Q
Clambers the steps of an old fashioned stile	E
And stumbles down again the other side	Q
To gambol there a while	E
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In pranks of hide and seek as on ahead	R
I see it running while the clover stalks	S
Shake rosy fists at me as though they said	R
'You dog our country walks	S
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'And mutilate us with your walking stick	T
We will not suffer tamely what you do	U
And warn you at your peril for we'll sick	T
Our bumblebees on you '	-
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But I smile back in airy nonchalance	V
The more determined on my wayward quest	W
As some bright memory a moment dawns	X
A morning in my breast	W
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Sending a thrill that hurries me along	Y
In faulty similes of childish skips	Z
Enthused with lithe contortions of a song	Y
Performing on my lips	Z
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In wild meanderings o'er pasture wealth	A2
Erratic wanderings through dead'ning lands	B2
Where sly old brambles plucking me by stealth	A2
Put berries in my hands	B2
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Or the path climbs a boulder wades a slough	C2
Or rollicking through buttercups and flags	D2
Goes gaily dancing o'er a deep bayou	U
On old tree trunks and snags	D2
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Or at the creek leads o'er a limpid pool	E
Upon a bridge the stream itself has made	P
With some Spring freshet for the mighty tool	E
That its foundation laid	P
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I pause a moment here to bend and muse	G
With dreamy eyes on my reflection where	F
A boat backed bug drifts on a helpless cruise	G
Or wildly oars the air	F
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As dimly seen the pirate of the brook	E2
The pike whose jaunty hulk denotes his speed	F2
Swings pivoting about with wary look	E2
Of low and cunning greed	F2
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Till filled with other thought I turn again	G2
To where the pathway enters in a realm	H2
Of lordly woodland under sovereign reign	I2
Of towering oak and elm	H2
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A puritanic quiet here reviles	G
The almost whispered warble from the hedge	J2
And takes a locust's rasping voice and files	G
The silence to an edge	J2
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In such a solitude my somber way	C
Strays like a misanthrope within a gloom	K2
Of his own shadows till the perfect day	C
Bursts into sudden bloom	K2
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And crowns a long declining stretch of space	G
Where King Corn's armies lie with flags unfurled	L2
And where the valley's dint in Nature's face	G
Dimples a smiling world	L2
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And lo through mists that may not be dispelled	M2
I see an old farm homestead as in dreams	G
Where like a gem in costly setting held	M2
The old log cabin gleams	G
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O darling Pathway lead me bravely on	N2
Adown your valley way and run before	O2
Among the roses crowding up the lawn	P2
And thronging at the door	O2
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And carry up the echo there that shall	E
Arouse the drowsy dog that he may bay	C
The household out to greet the prodigal	E
That wanders home to day	C

James Whitcomb Riley

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