Though man through life so swiftly wends,
And o'er its journey runs his race;
Though rough, or smooth, or 'round the bends,
In distance putting fleetest friend:
Alas! there comes a halting place,
A place of rest - the journey's end!

(C) Edward Smyth Jones
07/02/2019


Best Poems of Edward Smyth Jones

• The End
• The Sylvan Cabin - A Centenary Ode On The Birth Of Lincoln
• To J. S. B
• Dainty Dora
• An Ode To Ethiopia
• Floating With The Gale
• Behind The Bars
• To Estelle
• Woman
• O God, Wilt Thou Help Me In School?
• The Violin
• A Song Of Thanks
• The Morning Star
• A Tribute To Dunbar
• Harvard Square
• Not Yet A Poet