Copyright
1919
by
Annie
Fellows
Johnston



It Was the
Road to
Jericho




It was the road to Jericho,
And brave indeed the man
Who went alone and waited not
To join the caravan.


For robber hoards swooped down the cliffs
Like eagles on their prey,
And mercy was not known to them,
Theirs but to kill and slay.




Along the road to Jericho
A man went riding by,
He heard a groan of mortal pain,
He heard a piercing cry.