Poems

Poem

The Thrush's Song

MARGARET B. AYRES.

A wood-thrush sang to a child one day,Sang from his hedge in the garden-way,Atilt where blossoming branches sway.

Poem

You Cannot Hide from the Light

FANNIE ROGERS WHITE.

The world is full of sunshine,Is full and running over;It shines in all the cities,It shines on fields of clover.

Poem

Flowers

MARY B. G. EDDY.

Mirrors of mornWhence the dewdrop is born,Soft tints of the rainbow and skies—Sisters of song,What a shadowy throngAround you in memory rise!

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Omnipotence

FLORENCE V. EDDS.

Since Love is all,—our certain guide,—How can we stray?

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I Prayed, Thy Kingdom Come

JONES VERY

I prayed, Thy kingdom come! For winter longHad held the frozen earth in fetters bound;And wretchedness and misery, war and wrong,Age after age, did in the world abound.

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Trusting

MARGARET FLORENCE MC AULAY.

O Weary heart and steps that slowAlong life's pathway come and go,Fear not, the Master trod aloneThe thorn-path leading to a throne.

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Truth's Paean

EMILY HOUSEHOLDER.

One note with endless rangeVibrant with infinite changeAll music holds;

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Out of the Gloom

ED B. MOSS.

Out of the gloom of centuries pastThere cometh a day of light;From man-made creed to humanity's needIs the voyage from wrong to right.

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The Battle Call

JANET T. COLMAN.

Out to the front, ye tried and true warriors!Out to the front at duty's loud call!Out to the front, where the battle is raging!Out to the front, to arouse one and all!