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<h2> The Tramps </h2>
<p>Can you recall, dear comrade, when we tramped God's land together,<br/>
And we sang the old, old Earth-song, for our youth was very sweet;<br/>
When we drank and fought and lusted, as we mocked at tie and tether,<br/>
Along the road to Anywhere, the wide world at our feet —<br/>
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Along the road to Anywhere, when each day had its story;<br/>
When time was yet our vassal, and life's jest was still unstale;<br/>
When peace unfathomed filled our hearts as, bathed in amber glory,<br/>
Along the road to Anywhere we watched the sunsets pale?<br/>
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Alas! the road to Anywhere is pitfalled with disaster;<br/>
There's hunger, want, and weariness, yet O we loved it so!<br/>
As on we tramped exultantly, and no man was our master,<br/>
And no man guessed what dreams were ours, as, swinging heel and toe,<br/>
We tramped the road to Anywhere, the magic road to Anywhere,<br/>
The tragic road to Anywhere, such dear, dim years ago.<br/></p>
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