COPYCAT
Prompt - Copycat : Borrow a line from a famous public domain poem to craft your own
Line stolen from Kubla Khan, Coleridge
They followed paths that climbed beyond
The comforts of the known
Through thicket woods, o'er streams and gullies
That left the trees behind
To stumble on across the rocks which goats had made their own
To reach a peak of mystery that offered prospects new
Exchanging looks of fortitude
To enter the nameless land below
The only path by a river ran
Sheer rock on either side
Delving down into blackest green
Where sun would not be seen
This their road to riches and fame
Pulling them down to earth
But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
Down, down, tumbling dark
Was threat and promise both
Where teeth and talons lurk in wait
Where leafy glades give rest
Beyond is the unpromised land
The give and take of the strange
To which they took bold cautious steps
The route to stake their claim
Their part in the adventurers' chain
But were never seen again
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