The Wisdom of the Roads

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 30, 6 February 1931, Page 32

The Wisdom of the Roads

The Moon God decreed that the roads should speak One night when the moon shone bright ; And stars came a-tumbling like foam to the earth, Their tales for the Moon God to write. Such stories they told-some happy, some sad, Some tragic and some sheer delight. They told of fair maidens that tripped gaily by; Of tears that were lost in their dust; Of feet that were weary, of days that were long, Of quarrels, both just and unjust. — And secrets they'd learnt in the dead of the night. And kisses-soft. pledges of trust. The highway was sad as he told many tales Of gay youth that sped to tts doom; ~ But placid the byroad-tt knew only cows, And lovers and haytime and broom. The road that winds naughtily deep in the trees Learnt secrets and sin in its gloom. : The joys and the hopes and the crushing despair, The cares of the rich and the poor; Gay frivolous youth and the wisdom of age, The glamour of Pleasure’s allure. Of these spoke the roads, through that long moonlit night, While the stars wrote on-tireless and sure.

OH MACK