Into fret and shoal to tumble and roll

In the welter of Schoodic rips;

But knowing it all, as a green man does,

And lazy, as green men are,

I hated to pack on my aching back

My duffle and gear so far.

So, as down the rapids there stretched a strip

With a most encouraging sheen,

I settled the blade of my paddle and made

For the head of the “Hulling Machine.”