<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384693" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Traveled Man</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sometimes I wish the railroads all were torn out, <br>The ships all sunk among the coral strands. <br>I am so very weary, yea, so worn out, <br>With tales of those who visit foreign lands.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When asked to dine, to meet these traveled people, <br>My soup seems brewed from cemetery bones. <br>The fish grows cold on some cathedral steeple, <br>I miss two courses while I stare at thrones.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm forced to leave my salad quite untasted, <br>Some musty, moldy temple to explore. <br>The ices, fruit and coffee all are wasted <br>While into realms of ancient art I soar.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'd rather take my chance of life and reason, <br>If in a den of roaring lions hurled <br>Than for a single year, ay, for one season, <br>To dwell with folks who'd traveled round the world.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So patronizing are they, so oppressive, <br>With pity for the ones who stay at home, <br>So mighty is their knowledge, so aggressive, <br>I ofttimes wish they had not ceased to roam.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They loathe the new, they quite detest the present; <br>They revel in a pre-Columbian morn; <br>Just dare to say America is pleasant, <br>And die beneath the glances of their scorn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They are increasing at a rate alarming, <br>Go where I will, the traveled man is there. <br>And now I think that rustic wholly charming <br>Who has not strayed beyond his meadows fair.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox">Ella Wheeler Wilcox</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384693" data-title="The Traveled Man de Ella Wheeler Wilcox" data-description="Sometimes I wish the railroads all were torn out, The ships all sunk among the coral strands. I am so very weary, yea, so worn out, With tales of those who visit foreign lands. When asked to dine, to meet these traveled people, My soup seems ..."></div> </div> </div>

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