The Road to Paradise is plain, 1
And holds scarce one.
Not that it is not firm
But we presume
A Dimpled Road 5
Is more preferred.
The Belles of Paradise are few－
Not me－nor you－
But unsuspected things－9
Mines have no Wings.
And holds scarce one.
Not that it is not firm
But we presume
A Dimpled Road 5
Is more preferred.
The Belles of Paradise are few－
Not me－nor you－
But unsuspected things－9
Mines have no Wings.
(F.1525/J.1491)
[1] Paradise:: a mining camp or town in Butte County, California.
[2] scarce one:: scarcely any guest to a mining camp.
[3] firm:: mines are safe there.
[5] Dimpled Road:: a road passing many hollows, result of diggings.
[7] Belles of Paradise:: beautiful things in the mining camp (should be ores).
[9] things:: mines, that have no birds.
[10] Wings:: birds.
The following is a list of some curious names of mining localities: Jim Crow Canon, . . . Paradise, . . . Paint-Pot Hill. Butte county was named from the buttes or high hills on its border. ─ The Resources of California (1869)