If Wishes Were Horses

"If wishes were hores.' dean?, Hw f mh) K"- wU ride On our beautitul snow-white chargets, f Jnunding witli life and pride ; Stniffht as the flight of an arrow, Swift as the llash of a spe ar, S c'd travel forever and ever, - "If wishes were horses," dcar. To the tops of the sunset mounUin- K'er they tikker and inde away, To the dusky halls of the twlllght, lTtyjke rti4tof thr oew-born d.iy, - r .- tllC d.ll kllISS ciiAl , f. i idt' likt tíic Ufffcj of .1 Luk ; RrPi blnWvs JWstern prairies. And dnzzle of are tic pl Ú 'I htouh perfume ui southern i And mists of the Hweet spring nüns Abreast of the echoing thundt-i, U illi ttie quiver ol lititiiing near, WVd rlde in the van ól the tempest, - 'If wishes were horses,'1 dear. And into the Uves we cherish, To brighten their clouded bui , Bring mHea to the wweet, palé laces, __ - - - ninmri i" me Hnitttiill CTCS ', Te t'ring thfin a message "1" Cfmlin, And wkisper a Word f cheert li liow we would gallop and gallop, - if wishes were horses," dear.