502 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
PROLIFIC OHIO.
LUCIEN SEYMOUR.
[The following poem was recited by the
author at the unveiling
of the Perry's Victory Monument, at
Hotel Victory, Put-in-Bay, Ohio,
July 8, 1907.]
The sun never shone on a country more
fair
Than beautiful, peerless Ohio.
There's life in a kiss of her rarified
air,
Ohio, prolific Ohio.
Her sons are valiant and noble and
bright,
Her beautiful daughters are just about
right,
And her babies, God bless them, are
clear out of sight-
That crop never fails in Ohio.
Our homes are alight with a halo of
love,
Ohio, contented Ohio;
We bask in the smiles of the heavens
above
No clouds ever darken Ohio.
Our grain waves its billows of gold in
the sun,
The fruits of our orchards are equaled
by none,
And our pumpkins, some of them, weigh
almost a ton-
We challenge the world in Ohio!
Our girls are sweet models of maidenly
grace,
In this modern Eden, Ohio.
They are perfect in figure and lovely in
face,
That's just what they are in Ohio.
Their smiles are bewitching and winning
and sweet,
Their dresses are stylish, yet modest
and neat,
A Trilby would envy their cute little
feet,
In beautiful, peerless Ohio.
When the burdens of life I am called to
lay down,
I hope I may die in Ohio.
I never could ask a more glorious crown
Than one of the sod of Ohio.
And when the last trump wakes the land
and the sea,
And the tombs of the earth set their
prisoners free,
You may all go aloft, if you choose, but
for me,
I think I'll just stay in Ohio.