THE OUTDOORSMAN

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="0440eb82ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <div> ''IF TOMOROW NEVER COMES''</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-488/iftomnev.mid" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> <B>SOUND CONTROL</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GUESTBOOK">GUESTBOOK</A></div> <bR> <div> BACK TO :</div> <div> <A HREF="ideals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ideals"><B>''IDEALS'' SELECT</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="ideals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ideals"><B>PAGE''</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>*****</B></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="food for thought 3 homepage"><B>HOME PAGE-3</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>*****</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="043b85f1ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B>FOOD FOR THOUGHT IDEALS</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#330066" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>THE OUTDOORSMAN</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> THE OUT DOORS MAN</div> <bR> <div> I truly love the great<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> outdoors,a life I've<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> always known;<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> my heart takes wings like an eagle soars<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> when I hear old nature's tone.</div> <bR> <div> So give me the good old back hill roads,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> the rolling meadowlands;<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> the backwood creeks where the fish abodes,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> or the beach with its golden sands.</div> <bR> <div> Or spend the day on Chesapeake Bay<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> and dream of all that's grand;<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> just wish the world would go away<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> and return on my command!</div> <bR> <div> Or go to the busy woodlands free<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> down deep in the forest glade;<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> just breathe the air of ecstasy<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> of the life here God has made.</div> <bR> <div> Just hear the breeze in the tall pine trees,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> or listen to the whippoorwill,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> or smell the dew on the fallen leaves,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> or remains of an old wood mill.</div> <bR> <div> So give me the good old outdoor life,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> not that of the busy town;<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> removed away from the ills of strife,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> just buried in the joys I've found!</div> <bR> <div> William E. 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