VII 



Purple Martins and the Moon 



It's easy to find, this By-Way Land; 



It's not far from any man's door. 



It's anywhere off the iron and the stone, 



Where one may just wander, yet not be alone, 



For there's life in the earth, in the stream, in 



the air; 

 There are friends by the score who will talk 



with you there, 

 And they'll tell you of that which may help 



you get through, 

 For, believe me, they're wiser than ever you 



knew 

 These field-folk of By-Way Land. 



AN American invented the noisy, 

 clumsy aeroplane. An English- 

 man discovered the skylark. An hour 

 with the purple martins, and you will 

 understand what inspired the author 



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