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BROCKTONIA Thexr shmlng leaves qulte reeked wnth poxs nous smell Agam the Voice spoke Touch not these my chxld For Vxces are they called First Drmk and Lust Then Pleasure Love of Gam and Avarxce I shuddered as my hand drew quickly back Tempttng the frult and strong its power to lure I trax eled on Soon brambles choked my path What rxght have these I crled to bar my steps How can I ever pass? The Volce replled Break through the thorns You can Tls just to day That you are favored Your eyes may dlscern A path between But he who comes by here He who s chosen thls for life s own way Is torn and scratched If he bursts through thus snarl A sorry s1ght IS he and scorned by all These thorns are traits despised by God Dnshonesty Hypocrisy and Lles Dlsloyalty and Dlsbellef and Hate So ll1dlStlI1Ct I almost lost my way Brxght blrds of VlVld plumage flew about All pleasmg to the eye but no songs sang The sun was settmg not m a blaze of light But m a misty haze when I emerged Upon a rise of ground As I looked down I saw my steps would lead to a dank swamp To that dread bog a strange power led me on Monnentum was too great to slow my feet Take care That marsh wlll mean oblnvxon And after that a brxef but fearsome death From whence no soul can ever reappear But as I looked a loud and awful wxnd Possessed my ears The scene grew dark and then I found myself once more wxthm the wood Where was the mtersecuon of the paths Thls t1me I chose the rlght I-low steep It was' The way led up a hull where every step Was dangerous and rocks slxpped hurtl1ng back As barren was the countryslde but no red buds Flourxshed besxde thrs road and no gay b1rds Dotted dull landscape with the1r brnlhant wmgs And on the path I saw a tlny child Weepnng wnth lonlmess and fear of the unknown I took It by the hand and led xt on Wlth me Quite soon I VICVS ed an ancxent man Strugglmg and stumblxng wtth each step Hum too I helped upon hns way And long It was before I reached the top Blmd Wnth wearmess and tott rmg wlth fatigue I looked about . . . . . . , . . t ,, . . , . ' 9 7 ' ' 77 Y 7 ' 3 , . , ff ' !Y ' ff - 9 9 5 ' va ' ' , ff 7 ' ' Y I ' ' Y i , , . I 5 I 9 ' - - - as Y Y ' The path wound m and out, sometlmes so famt, I I 5 , 7 7 1 Y Q rc - - ' Y, 7 5 , . 3 , . . V . 7 7 ' . . , . . .
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BROCKTONIA VIRGINIA LOW Class Poet Class Poem One eve I had a dream a won drous dream I saw two p1ths converglng ln a mood A wood of splendid beauty Nature rare Dlstxlled her magic like a sorc ress old Ir was the wood of Youth and there blrds sang Then' plamtlve melodles from every tree The alr was soft and warm the sun beat down Not cruelly but with a heartenmg heat A certaln Spirit seemed to fill the anr The voice of One unseen kept wh1sper1ng These are your paths Unmarked are they and dark Between them your own soul must make the cholce Not knowing where each narrow path mlght lead Then spoke the VOICC agam IC saxd to me The God that guides your steps has gxven to you The opportunlty to walk these both That you may have an equal chance to Judge The merit and the worth of each thus you Yourself shall gam the pralse or deep reproach That IS the goal of each road offered you With terror and wlth doubt I chose the left And traveled on the Vonce was stxll my guxde The trees grew shorter stunted and more sparse Soon my feet were achmg weak and txred On one snde sprang small shrubs on whlch there grew Red buds fair, round were they and falsely soft, Y , . . 4 ' i . . . . , , 9 , . , YQ . ' 7, Long hesitant I stood, and Hlled with fear, . . Q . . : QQ - ' Q ' 7, , 5 ' - 7 , ' , . , 1' 7
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