THE WINDS DO BLOW
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THE WINDS DO BLOW
[Written while the author was a patient at the Maine State Sanatorium, Hebron, Me.]
There's danger that some of these gales
Will lay this Cottage level—
For every other day, at least,
The wind blows like the ——— deuce.
Should it occur, the chances are
That all the fields and lawns
From here down to "West Minot" will
Be scattered o'er with "Cons."
Then Dr. Garrison, Dr. Knowles
And Dr. Nichols, too,
Will have to search o 'er hill and dale
To find which way we blew!—
And all the nurses, too, will run
As fast as e'er they can
And help to bring "us patients" back
To this gale-stricken San!
Sure, if the wind strikes "Greenwood Hill"
With such an awful boom
We shall go sailing through the air
Like Witches on a broom!—
Will lay this Cottage level—
For every other day, at least,
The wind blows like the ——— deuce.
Should it occur, the chances are
That all the fields and lawns
From here down to "West Minot" will
Be scattered o'er with "Cons."
Then Dr. Garrison, Dr. Knowles
And Dr. Nichols, too,
Will have to search o 'er hill and dale
To find which way we blew!—
And all the nurses, too, will run
As fast as e'er they can
And help to bring "us patients" back
To this gale-stricken San!
Sure, if the wind strikes "Greenwood Hill"
With such an awful boom
We shall go sailing through the air
Like Witches on a broom!—
