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Happy days; carolings of Colorado, etc.

Chapter 29: MY COLORADO
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A collection of lyrical poems and brief prose sketches that celebrate Colorado's natural scenery and frontier memories. The verses praise mountain and prairie landscapes, clear skies, rivers and woodlands, and combine joyful exhortation, pastoral reverie, and rustic reminiscence of early regional life. Imagery of angling, hunting, camping, and seasonal pleasures recurs alongside reflections on gladness, love, and simple living. Short prose pieces offer travel-minded vignettes of lakes and mountain canyons, together creating an overall tone of affectionate local portraiture and unpretentious lyricism.

MY COLORADO

Colorado! Oh, my own beloved Colorado!
Colorado, in the early days of spring;
Colorado, “when the birds are on the wing.”
Colorado, Colorado, ’tis of thee I dearly love to sing!
Colorado, when the brooks are flowing full and free;
Colorado, when “the herds come lowing o’er the lea”;
Colorado! Colorado! Oh, my own beloved Colorado!
Colorado is the place for you, friend, and for me.
Colorado, Colorado in the Autumn’s golden glow;
Colorado, when the hills are capped with snow;
Colorado, when the skies are soft and blue;
Colorado, Colorado,—how I do love you!
Colorado! Oh, my own beloved Colorado!