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THE POPULAR POPLAR TREE




When the great wind sets things whirling
 And rattles the window panes,
 And blows the dust in giants
 And dragons tossing their manes;
 When the willows have waves like water,
 And children are shouting with glee;
 When the pines are alive and the larches,—
 Then hurrah for you and me,
 In the tip o' the top o' the top o' the tip of
 the popular poplar tree!
Don't talk about Jack and the Beanstalk—
 He did not climb half so high!
 And Alice in all her travels
 Was never so near the sky!
 Only the swallow, a-skimming
 The storm-cloud over the lea,
 Knows how it feels to be flying—
 When the gusts come strong and free—
 In the tip o' the top o' the top o' the tip of
 the popular poplar tree!

Blanch Willis Howard.