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First Line: I've been where the mountains majestically stand
Last Line: Where 'tis my abode to be.
Subject(s): Kansas


I've been where the mountains majestically stand
In contours against the skies,
I've seen them enveloped in hazy mists;
Aloof in grandeur they rise.
These, and the azure of placid lakes,
Or mirrors of silver sheen;
I've seen them and vales in beauty stretch,
Where rivers move serene.

But God in his infinite wisdom
Knows what is best for me,
He gives me the prairies low and wide
Where balmy winds sweep free,
Where verdant fields like billows roll
And cornfields, rustling low.
What more is wealth than all of these;
Beloved Kansas, I love it so.

I love it for splendrous sunsets,
And the rosy-tinted morn,
For the glory of flowery meadows
That cooling streams adorn,
O pray! what's more enchanting
Than the cardinals' sweet refrain?
Dear to my heart are the myriad pools
After the last long rain.

As I stand upon these great plateaus
To view this broad expanse,
The horizon seems so far away
At that momentary glance.
There are zephyrs wafted here and there
That fate decreed for me.
O! for the charms of Kansas,
Where 'tis my abode to be.





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