East High School - Exodus Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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THE BLUE AND GOLD A CURSE OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS , I 'm I mt I lm, I rn I 'm I 'm I 'm sick sick sick si ck sick sick sick of the world, I 'm sick of 'its meng of all th-'ings within my keng of the moon-, I 'm sick of the su-n,,: of the ga-mes I'1ve lost and wcmg of the swcw, I'm sick of the glare 5 of the dr-ink, I 'm sick of the fare g of the work, I 'm sick of the cold. Oh, Lord, bear with me-I'm growifng old. . 'Twas back iw the summer of sixty-n-t'ne W hen- I hit the trafil with a pal of mifne. The lflondlke beckoned, we heeded its call, We were all staked out by the end of fall. We were 'way beyond the fron-tier post, Farther than many a lying boast- Far up into the land of nights, Close to the Pole and the North ern Lights. We nearly died that irst year outg 0-ur fight with the cold was a 'bitter bout. It was eighty below for two -months straight, And the Lights were climbing the northern gate. Outside the h-ut, 'twas dead and still: To-ward the end we li-ved by our strength of willi- But we weathered it through and weathered it well A-nd emerged 'nfnscathed from that heatless Hell. Yes, we weathered it th-rough, my pal and I , And tt bound us together with a tempered tie, A tie as true as the God above, For the tie that bout-'nd was purest lo-ve. Years passed by amd still lt held, A bond su-ch as but God can weld. He fought for me and I stood by him, That memory -nothin.-g can ever dl-m. Wttln. the passing years, we dug for gold, Aye, and found fit-a wealth un-told. More and more, we were drunk with the staff, Faster we dug, for we haelfnft enough, Deeper and deeper we delved in the earth, Till God only knew how much we were worth. We piled up the dust fin- a great golden- heap, We lamwnted the time that we spent ri-n our sleep. But, at last my pal felt the call of the homeg He said he was longing for newly turned loam, And the call of the birds in the green- leafy trees, The trickle of brooldets,' the buzz-ing of bees. He wanted to see the sun- high. in the sky, J

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TP' 1 18 EAST HIGH SCHOOL And hear the old rooster's sh-rilly pitched ery. He wanted aga-in to be thoroughly warm, He got so he hated the land of the storm. But, I urged him to wait, to staxy on for a time, For I wanted to stay, w-itho-nt reason or rhyme. So, at last, he remained and we dug for more gold, I with the frenzy of greed as of old, And he just because I had wanted htm to. Ah, his was the love that was truer than true. And then it came, the mine roof gave 'wayl He had said, I'll go down. And he 's nnder tosday. So Pm sick of the world, as I said before, My soul 'is sick to its innermost core g And the Northern Lights leap up elate- Oh, God, theybseefm to celebrate. B. T. , - Fw 'QP'-'-I A 50? ,W A X--1f NS. - , Y ' - -- GNN - xi - ' '2 s Zz WE Dome MY ' 4 XA ff of f L-9,5 BEST FUR You 1 r f H fff-al ll JZ 0 BUT you MUST' X , ff if D4 5 1-E MN T0 FLY K Nh H M fp' Q f BE YOURSELF , N Q59 tv 'a . J 34. . X .S A:,, X ,gaililf-:Z f'T'.gfl.. ,, ll 'H 'G ' fl ff sw oss IM ff? 5 gf wiv T9 fax- he LET eo ' ' 'Q ! !,4 ? ggi X e C fh W 4,4 X 5 X J VN Q . Lim-Lgfx e fs fe fd ,am ei 1- if 1913 ff fx yd? f ,Qs Q Q me Time was some To CLK- 12 LEAVE THE NEST. s ' - ' I ' - Moon. The moaning of a violin, My lingers lay Somewhere In the soft, cool hand of Pang In the heavy, ethereal incense And he led me, Of the rose-scented darkness, Soaring gently, Drifted softly, languidly Into the far reaches Into my soul. Of the dreamy ether. And it was as if