{"product_id":"2940149075942","title":"In the Track of the Trades (Illustrated)","description":"\"\"THE TRACKS OF THE TRADES\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTake me back, take me back to the Tracks of the Trade!\u003cbr\u003eLet me wander again in the coco palms' shade,\u003cbr\u003eWhere the drums of the ocean, in pulsating roar,\u003cbr\u003eBeat time for the waltz of the waves on the shore;\u003cbr\u003eWhere sunlight and starlight and moonlight conspire\u003cbr\u003eTo speed the gay hours on the Wings of Desire;\u003cbr\u003eLet me clamber again through the orchid-bright glade—\u003cbr\u003eTake me back, take me back to the Tracks of the Trade!\u003cbr\u003eOh, the hot flame of sunset, the tremulous light\u003cbr\u003eWhen the afterglow fades to the velvet of night!\u003cbr\u003eThe star-stencilled headland in blank silhouette\u003cbr\u003eWhere the moonbeams are meshed in the flamboyant's net!\u003cbr\u003eOh, the purple of midnight, the grey mists of dawn,\u003cbr\u003eAnd the amber flood after the darkness has gone!\u003cbr\u003eThe slow-heaving ocean of gold-spangled jade,\u003cbr\u003eWhen the sun wakes the day in the Tracks of the Trade!\u003cbr\u003eLet my heart thrill again as the tom-tom's dull boom\u003cbr\u003eFloats out from the bush in the flower-fragrant gloom,\u003cbr\u003eAnd the shriek of the conches, the hi-mi-ne's swell,\u003cbr\u003eBrings word of the feast in the depths of the dell.\u003cbr\u003eLead my footsteps again to that forest crypt dim,\u003cbr\u003eWhere firelight throws shadows on bosom and limb\u003cbr\u003eOf the billowing forms of the trim tropic maids,\u003cbr\u003eWhen the song wakes the dance in the Tracks of the Trades!\u003cbr\u003eLet my hands close again on the hard-kicking wheel,\u003cbr\u003eAs the schooner romps off on a rollicking reel,\u003cbr\u003eTo the humming of back-stay and sharp-slatting sail,\u003cbr\u003eAnd the hiss of the comber that smothers the rail.\u003cbr\u003eOh, the cadenced lament of the chorusing shroud,\u003cbr\u003eAs the spindrift sweeps aft in a feathery cloud!\u003cbr\u003eOh, the storm-tumbled sea-ways traversed unafraid,\u003cbr\u003eAs the squalls spin the spume down the Tracks of the Trade!\u003cbr\u003eTake me back, take me back to the Tracks of the Trade!\u003cbr\u003eFor 'tis weary I am of the city's parade,\u003cbr\u003eOf the dust of the traffic, the grey cheerless skies,\u003cbr\u003eAnd the long lines of people with spiritless eyes.\u003cbr\u003eTake me back to my green sunny islands again,\u003cbr\u003eAway from this treadmill of sorrow and pain,\u003cbr\u003eAway from this tinsel and gilt masquerade—\u003cbr\u003eLet me live, let me die in the Tracks of the Trade!\u003cbr\u003eL. R. F.\u003cbr\u003ePasadena,\u003cbr\u003eJuly, 1920.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075505504496,"sku":"2940149075942","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149075942_p0.jpg?v=1763711746","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149075942","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}