. The legend of Sam's Point .. . THE LEGEND OF SAMS POINT,. P the mountain-side the oldtrail winds;On the swampy moor a pathit finds;It clambers over the lichened rock;It circles around the stumpswhich blockIts way through the tangled wood; it sprawlsThrough the stony pasture land; it crawlsInto many a ferny nook As it seeks the bank of the shaded brookWhich it crosses on stepping stones. Would you follow this trail—take heed ! While its wild allure is sweetIt has pitfalls for the feet Of the careless his reckless, headlong speed The whips of the low-branched trees,Urged on by the
. The legend of Sam's Point .. . THE LEGEND OF SAMS POINT,. P the mountain-side the oldtrail winds;On the swampy moor a pathit finds;It clambers over the lichened rock;It circles around the stumpswhich blockIts way through the tangled wood; it sprawlsThrough the stony pasture land; it crawlsInto many a ferny nook As it seeks the bank of the shaded brookWhich it crosses on stepping stones. Would you follow this trail—take heed ! While its wild allure is sweetIt has pitfalls for the feet Of the careless his reckless, headlong speed The whips of the low-branched trees,Urged on by the zealous breeze. Shall give him many a must ever mind his steps If he use the old dead log As a bridge to the bubbling springOr its treacherous moss may give And hell sink to the inky depthsOf an unexpected bog. When was this old trail made? Who knows? When the iirst of the redmans foesCame into the land and called it new And found it fair,It was there. He followed its curvings farFrom some vantage point to view The lay of a goodly ther
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