Maggie Pogue Johnson Poems

[Read at the dedication of the new Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Staunton, Va.]
What means this vast assemblage here,
Of people great and grand,
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[At Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, one of the famous resorts of the South, may be seen the historic
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Sometimes the days seem dark and dreary,
We wonder what is life;
Sometimes of work we soon grow weary,
All pleasures seem but strife.
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I wish I was a grown up man,
And then I'd get a chance,
To wear those great high collars,
Stiff shirts, and nice long pants.
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As we go about the toils of life,
As we witness each day, it's burdens and strife,
Thinking not of days of the future or past,
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Well, Teddy, I have found you,
It's been one week to-day
Since I missed you, Teddy dear,
While in the yard at play.
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As my mind in fancy wanders,
While we figure on Life's stage,
While in queries deep we ponder,
O'er the past years ripe with age;
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I had a dream one winter's night,
It filled my soul with pure delight;
Ne'er ran my tho'ts in strains so sweet,
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When e'er we enter Life's open field,
Or life's duties are at hand,
When e'er to Necessity's voice we yield,
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At first we see the tiny leaves
And no one at their coming grieves,
But watch so eager each day and hour
For the coming of the little flower.
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