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Eugene Field - The Great Journalist In SpainEugene Field - The Great Journalist In Spain
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Good editor Dana—God bless him, we say—   Will soon be afloat on the main,     Will be steaming away     Through the mist and the spray   To the sensuous climate of Spain. Strange sights shall he see in that beautiful land   Which is famed for its soap and its Moor,     For, as we understand,     The scenery is grand   Though the system of railways is poor. For moonlight of silver and sunlight of gold   Glint the orchards of lemons and mangoes,     And the ladies, we`re told,     Are a joy to behold   As they twine in their lissome fandangoes. What though our friend Dana shall twang a guitar   And murmur a passionate strain;     Oh, fairer by far     Than those ravishments are   The castles abounding in Spain. These castles are built as the builder may list—   They are sometimes of marble or stone,     But they mostly consist     Of east wind and mist   With an ivy of froth overgrown. A beautiful castle our Dana shall raise   On a futile foundation of hope,     And its glories shall blaze     In the somnolent haze   Of the mythical lake del y Soap. The fragrance of sunflowers shall swoon on the air   And the visions of Dreamland obtain,     And the song of "World`s Fair"     Shall be heard everywhere   Through that beautiful castle in Spain.
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