Happy days; carolings of Colorado, etc.

Chapter 32: AT ENGLEWOOD ON AN AFTERNOON IN MAY

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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.

AT ENGLEWOOD ON AN AFTERNOON IN MAY

At Englewood—at cool, shady Englewood!

At Englewood to-day everything seems bright and good.

Here thrifty orchards blossoming lavishly around

Scatter their shell-like petals on the ground.

Here fragrance-exhaling lilacs scent the breeze,

And the wild-birds carol in the trees.

Here are fresh, green gardens,—and between, the flash of tiny rills;

And, beyond—behold—the everlasting hills!

Here crowds of happy people continuously we meet,

On the cars and in the street,

And a social spirit everywhere

Whispers,—“fellow traveler, abandon care”;

“Oh, for one afternoon, at least, be gay!”

“Enjoy sweet idleness, partner, while you may.”