&JJL, ^m 



GOLDENROD 



Far out on the prairie the sweet goldenrod 

 Gathers its beauty from sunshine and sod, 

 And scatters its wealth, passing wealth of the mine, 

 In showers of gold for your heart and mine; 

 "Hold wide," says the proverb familiar and old, 

 "Hold wide thy skirts where heavens rain gold." 



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