Poems About Missouri

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1. In Missouri

   by LeRoy Huron Helsey

   
   

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   The sunshine is the brightest—in Missouri;
   Life's burdens are the lightest—in Missouri;
   The summer skies are bluest,
   Disappointments are the fewest,
   And the friendships are the truest,
   In Missouri.
   

   The cornstalks grow the tallest—in Missouri;
   Crop troubles are the smallest—in Missouri;
   The landscapes are the fairest,
   While the products are the rarest,
   And the people are the squarest—
   In Missouri.
   

   The span of life is longest—in Missouri;
   The love of right is strongest—in Missouri;
   The minds of men are keenest,
   Where the grass is always greenest,
   And the living is serenest—
   In Missouri.
   

   The larks can sing the sweetest—in Missouri;
   Contentment is completest—in Missouri;
   The damsels are the dearest,
   And their smiles are the sincerest,
   So that Heaven seems the nearest—
   In Missouri.
   

2. The Ozark Trail

   by J. P. Dunn

   
   

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   O'er the plains of sunny Kansas,
   Between the fields of ripening grain,
   Traverses the famous highway,
   The Ozark mountain trail.
   And extends through Arkansas,
   Where cotton often grows as tall
   As wheat and corn in Kansas,
   In the valley of Neosho,
   The Verdigris and the Kaw.
   

   When you reach the Ozark mountains,
   Then you will learn something about
   The hospitality of the people,
   Their streams and speckled trout,
   To drink from nature's fountains
   Will at once quench your thirst,
   Then you will love Missouri
   For her rivers and her rock.
   

   Way down in beautiful Oklahoma
   And Texas lonely pines,
   Winds the Ozark trail of promise
   Where they are drilling now for oil.
   A trip down through the Ozarks
   In memory will never stale,
   The land where nature marvels
   The scenic Ozark trail.
   

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