Is this the land they call Colorado?
“You bet! old hoss, it is!”
Parody.
BY AN OLD SOLDIER.
Know ye the land of reeds and of rushes,
Emblems of dampness innate in the clime,
Where the toad and the viper to show itself blushes,
And the damp air comes heavy impregnate with crime;
Where landlords in daylight like woodcocks they shoot