George Johnston Poems

Shadowy, dreamy phantoms ever rising
Up before wild Fancy's eyes,
With their untold and beauteous splendor,
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Sad echoes of unequal strife,
Go sighing through the aftermath,
That skirts the dark uncertain path,
That leads me to the close of life;-
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'Tis better far to wear away
In honest strong endeavor,
Than idly rust in slow decay
And work and labor never;
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Someone has written a song about 'Tray,'
But no one has courage to write about Skye;
So methinks I will rhyme, in my own rugged way,
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An old and crafty terrapin,
Who lately found his speech,
Like many another simple lout,
Concluded he could preach.
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