The Silver Messenger

You're going to take a long vacation,
Some day.
You will travel o'er all creation,
Some day.
Through old Japan you'll idly roam,
Slide down old Fuji-Yama's dome,
And see the geishas in their home,
Some day.
You will go to Egypt, see the Sphinx,
Some day.
You will climb the Pyramids, methinks,
Some day.
Sail up the vast, mysterious Nile,
Shoot at the festive crocodile,
And kodak everything the while,
Some day.
To Italy's classic shores you'll hie,
Some day.
See Naples' Bay and refuse to die,
Some day.
Along the tourist's usual groove
Entranced, with dreamful eyes, you'll move,
See old Pompeii and climb Vesuvius,
Some day.
You'll do old Rome, and the Holy Land,
Some day.
Pick shells on India's coral strand,
Some day.
Explore the islands of the ocean,
With naught to stay your locomotion
Wherever you may take the notion,
Some day.
Ah, trusting brother, you will find,
Some day,
You've done this only in your mind,
Some day.
But when life's journey's over, and
On Jordan's stormy banks you stand,
Maybe you'll see the Promised Land,
Some day.
-Chicago Tribune.