,! ,smoky ,valley                       
,illu/ration3 ,birg] ,s&z5              
,,! ,,smoky ,,valley    ,reproductions (
 a ,s]ies ( ,li?ographs ( ! ,smoky      
,valley 9 ,kansas                       
,by ,birg] ,s&z5                        
,an ,introduction by ,m9na ,k4 ,p[ell   
,,c>l ,j4 ,,smalley ,kansas ,city1      
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by ,c>l ,j4 ,smalley ,kansas ,city1 ,mo4
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,s&z5 & ,8 ,fri5d1 ! ,smoky4      ,:5   
,birg] ,s&z5 looks into ! seam$ face ( a
 pione] f>m] (  ,kansas1 he sees !      
conque/ ( a _s4 ,:5 he looks ^u ! face (
  ! ,kansas prairie1 he sees ! conque/ (
 ! ,wild]ness & he makes  ! ,_w feel !  
c\rage ( ! ,kansas _s & ! p[] ( ,kansas 
s9ews4    ,an arti/ :o p5etrates bel[ ! 
surface ( 8 subject & sees !  s\l ( x   
look+ out1 ,birg] ,s&z5 ,0 =eorda9$ to  

celebrate 9  black & :ite & 9 color1 !  
moods & ! mean+ ( ! ,smoky  ,hill ,riv]1
 :i* w9ds s peacefully 9 & out among !  
f>ms (  c5tral ,kansas4    ,! ,smoky    
,hill ,riv] is n mu* wid] ?an a creek1 &
 ! e>ly  home/ead] valu$ x *iefly       
because x wat]$ 8 l& & 8 /ock4    ,!n   
came ,birg] ,s&z51 arti/1 :o settl$ ne> 
! /ream 9 !  t[n ( ,l9dsborg4 ,almo/    
imm$iately a deep affection sprang up   
betwe5  ! arti/ & ! riv]4 ,accu/om$ to a
 l& ( _m /reams &  lakes1 ! arti/ haunt$
 ! banks ( ! riv] t seem$ to speak to   
him ( home4 ,he s]v$ ! fri5dly /ream by 
celebrat+ its moods &  sudd5 turn+s1 & !
 /ream taught ! arti/ by g5tle          
gradations  its own aff9ity = ! prairie4
    ,x 0 s t ,birg] ,s&z5 le>n$ to love 
! ,kansas l&scape4 ,b  fir/ he s\ght !  
%ad[$ banks ( ! ,smoky4 ,by sunlight &  
moonlight he /udi$ x4 ,foll[+ its       
graceful w9d+s1 he caught !  poetry (   
,kansas1--! tir$ droop ( cattle z !y    
came to dr9k at  dusk1 ! gr\p+ ( horses 
9 hillside pa/ures1 huddl$ cottonwoods  

l %y *ildr5 along ! clean banks ( !     
/ream4    ,f9ally ! riv] taught him to  
see ! ma/]pieces ( art 9 !  /rong &     
rugg$ faces ( ! pione] f>m]s ^: l&      
/ret*$  along ! riv]'s bank4    ,he saw 
faces 9 :i* c\rage _h drawn ) a true h& 
l9es (  self-conque/4 ,he saw ! beauty (
 f+]s knott$ & b5t ) mu*  s]v+ & ! glory
 ( dimm$ eyes4 ,! pione] m5 & wom5 (    
,kansas 7 cr[n$ by ,s&z5 ) ! spl5dor (  
_! de$s4    ,b always he return$ to !   
quiet riv]1 grateful = ! woods t  hugg$ 
its banks & 7 mirror$ 9 ! wat]4 ,8      
passion = !  ,smoky grew & deep5$4 ,x   
became to him ! he>t ( ,kansas1 &       
,kansas1 ?r\gh ! ,smoky1 became 8 fri5d4
    ,& always1 z he tramp$ up & d[n !   
riv]'s banks1 he saw 9  m9iature !      
gr&eur he 0 lat] on to f9d 9 ! ,rockies 
& !  ma/]y he 0 to s5se 9 ! ,gr& ,canyon
 ( ! ,colorado4    ,z he pa9t$          
outcropp+s ( rock 9 ! hilly pa/ures1 he 
0  prep>+ unconsci\sly = 8 "w ( giv+    
expression to !  gigantic cliffs &      
m\nta9s ( ! great ,we/4 ,tribut>ies ( ! 

,smoky1 ov]fl[+ _! banks 9 ! spr+       
fre%ets1 ran dry 9 summ]  & provid$ !   
arti/ ) b$s deeply fissur$ l _! titanic 
model1 ! ,gr& ,canyon4    ,! hills ne>  
,l9dsborg1 are small replicas ( !       
,rockies4 ,!y slope  to ! v bank ( !    
,smoky & ,birg] ,s&z5 climb$ f bank to  
summit :]e he look$ out ov] ! wide      
prairie & saw h[ lovely x  04    ,s9ce  
!n he has nev] tir$ ( pa9t+ ! l&scape t 
is !  he>t ( ,kansas1 vibrat+ ) ! h]oic 
toil & pati5ce ( ! pa/  & ! hope ( !    
future4    ,?us x is t :5 ,mr4 ,s&z5    
makes a /udy ( ! moon /eal+ up  beh9d ! 
will[s be=e ! flu% ( aft]noon is q gone1
 he puts  into ! picture n only !       
objects a /rang] might see1 b also !    
deep love he be>s ! riv] & ! l& x has   
enri*$4    ,z a li?ograph] ,mr4 ,s&z5   
has no rivals 9 ?is c\ntry1 p]haps  none
 any:]e4 ,8 love ( ! op5 is t ( a poet1 
to :om !  out-(-doors tells some?+ ( !  
imman5ce ( ,god4    ,sometimes 8        
l&scapes express ! poignant lonel9ess t 
broods  ov] ! ,kansas prairie4 ,(t5] he 

sees ! delightful homel9ess (  !        
f>m/eads1 *ang+ ! ,smoky ,riv] ,valley f
 a wild]ness to a  place ( he>?/ones &  
human happ9ess4                         
,,m9na ,k4 ,,p[ell4    ,illu/ration3    
,summ]    ,illu/ration3 ,/ony ,pa/ure ,)
 ,cottonwood ,grove    ,illu/ration3 ,! 
,old ,home/ead    ,illu/ration3         
,portrait ,/udy    ,illu/ration3        
,twilight    ,illu/ration3 ,9 ,! ,mead[ 
,illu/ration3 ,home ( ,a ,pione]        
,illu/ration3 ,smoky ,riv]              
,illu/ration3 ,hilltop    ,illu/ration3 
,will[    ,illu/ration3 ,horses 9 a     
,hilly ,pa/ure    ,illu/ration3 ,riv]   
,motif    ,illu/ration3 ,ab&on$ ,f>mh\se
    ,illu/ration3 ,trees & ,hills       
,illu/ration3 ,will[s by ,! ,smoky ,riv]
    ,illu/ration3 ,ol( ,olson's         
,home/ead    ,illu/ration3 ,pond ,)     
,cottonwood ,trees    ,illu/ration3     
,hilly ,pa/ure ,) ,c[s    ,illu/ration3 
,9 ,! ,p>k    ,illu/ration3 ,riv]bank   
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