Excerpt from Rio Grande's Last Race: And Other Verses Rio Grande's Last Race Now this was what Macpherson told While waiting in the stand; A reckless rider, over-bold, The only man with hands to hold The rushing Rio Grande. He said, 'This day I bid good-bye 'To bit and bridle rein, 'To ditches deep and fences high, 'For I have dreamed a dream, and I 'Shall never ride again. 'I dreamt last night I rode this race 'That I to-day must ride, 'And cant'ring down to take my place 'I saw full many an old friend's face 'Come stealing to my side. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www. forgottenbooks. com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
