<h3> <SPAN name="west"></SPAN> THE WEST IS DEAD </h3>
<p class="poem">
What path is left for you to tread<br/>
When hunger-wolves are slinking near—<br/>
Do you not know the West is dead?<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
The "blanket-stiff" now packs his bed<br/>
Along the trails of yesteryear—<br/>
What path is left for you to tread?<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
Your fathers, golden sunsets led<br/>
To virgin prairies wide and clear—<br/>
Do you not know the West is dead?<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
Now dismal cities rise instead<br/>
And freedom is not there nor here—<br/>
What path is left for you to tread?<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
Your fathers' world, for which they bled,<br/>
Is fenced and settled far and near—<br/>
Do you not know the West is dead?<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
Your fathers gained a crust of bread,<br/>
Their bones bleach on the lost frontier;<br/>
What path is left for you to tread—<br/>
Do you not know the West is dead?<br/></p>
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