The lariat snaps; the cowboy rolls </br> His pack, and mounts and rides away. </br> Back to the land the cowboy goes. - William Jay Smith

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The lariat snaps; the cowboy rolls </br> His pack, and mounts and rides away. </br> Back to the land the cowboy goes.

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About William Jay Smith

William Jay Smith (April 22, 1918 – August 18, 2015) was an American poet. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970.

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