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Wagons, burdened with the weight of life,

narrow tracks across the vast plain;

yondering people, searching for home

in a land unseen to them.

A restless nation, pushing forth

toward the mountains mighty peak.

Families of these moving folk,

uncertain lives that they seek.

Unto these far blue mountains

to start a world anew,

the brave will come relentlessly

across waves of amber hue.

Onward, ever onward

the trail across the plains;

in sunlight, heat and winter snow

against the driving springtime rain.