Classic Poem

The time that Peary found the Pole
I saw the strangest thing;
My blanket 'round me in a roll,
I camped beside a spring.
'Twas when outdoors you like to lay
These early Summer nights —
An' in the north, so far away,
I saw the Northern Lights.

I saw the blue sky overhead,
An' then, in flashin' bars,
I saw the stripes of white an' red,
An', over them, the stars.
I saw the red an' white an' blue
Up there at Peary's goal —
I saw the Stars an' Stripes, an' knew
That he had found the Pole!