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UNCHARTED ROAD, by                    
First Line: Had I turned down that other road
Last Line: That any soul may own.


Had I turned down that other road
Where guideposts mark each day,
Had I paid heed to friendly voice,
Abided by a wiser choice,
More peaceful now my way!

Had I turned down that valley road --
A safer, smoother way --
I would have known no mountain snows
Nor felt this wintry wind that blows
Upon me here today.

But had I gone that level road,
Not now would I have known:
No mountain-side but has a path,
No storm but leaves an aftermath
That any soul may own.





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