<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384970" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Ballade Of The Automobile</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When our yacht sails seaward on steady keel<br>And the wind is moist with breath of brine<br>And our laughter tells of our perfect weal,<br>We may carol the praises of ruby wine;<br>But if, automobiling, my woes combine<br>And fuel gives out in my road-machine<br>And it's sixteen miles to that home of mine--<br>Then ho! For a gallon of gasoline!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When our coach rides smoothly on iron-shod wheel<br>With a deft touch guiding each taut drawn line<br>And the inn ahead holds a royal meal,<br>We may carol the praises of ruby wine;<br>But when, on some long and steep incline,<br>In a manner entirely unforeseen<br>The motor stops with a last sad whine--<br>Then ho! For a gallon of gasoline!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the air is crisp and the brooks congeal<br>And our sleigh glides on with a speed divine<br>While the gay bells echo with peal on peal,<br>We may carol the praises of ruby wine;<br>But when, with perverseness most condign,<br>In the same harsh snowstorm, cold and keen,<br>My auto stops at the six-mile sign--<br>Then ho! For a gallon of gasoline!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">ENVOY</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When yacht or Coach Club fellows dine<br>We may carol the praises of ruby wine;<br>But when Automobile Clubmen convene<br>Then ho! For a gallon of gasoline!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Submitted by John Martin</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ellis+Parker+Butler">Ellis Parker Butler</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=384970" data-title="The Ballade Of The Automobile de Ellis Parker Butler" data-description="When our yacht sails seaward on steady keel And the wind is moist with breath of brine And our laughter tells of our perfect weal, We may carol the praises of ruby wine; But if, automobiling, my woes combine And fuel gives out in my road-machine A..."></div> </div> </div>

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