Wilfred Wilson Gibson


An Epilogue


GHOSTS of my fathers, while you keep 
On ghostly hills your ghostly sleep, 
If for a moment you should turn 
The pages of this book to learn 
What trade your offspring’s taken to, 
Forgive me that my flocks and herds 
Are only barren bleating words.






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