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The Fountain Of Youth

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(For Osceola and Pocahontas)     Was it a hundred years ago,     Or was it but yesterday,     When we found the roads that grow     Blossom and song of May?     Maybe it was but yesterday,     Or a hundred years ago.     The roads from Bersabee to Dan     Are old and quickly tire,     But to the heart of child or man     Youth is a fairy fire:     Our youthful roads, they never tire     From Bersabee to Dan.     Ponce de Leon found no spring,     But legend's long, long ruth;     But the grace of God is a magic thing     Abides with chivalrous youth:     The grace of God that brings no ruth     For them who find the spring.     There is a land, there is a May     Beyond the graveyard tree;     Ten thousand years are like a day     Of a youth that we shall see:     Our young hearts pass the graveyard tree     To a land forever in May.

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