Poem April 1, 1922 Issue

[Written for the Sentinel]

Gratitude

LILLIAN BARKER DURKEE

Like birds that seek in grateful, loving trust
Some belfry tower to rest their weary flight,
My thoughts on memory's wings fly to the past,
Upon its tower of love and truth alight;

And, like the birds, these thoughts would voice in songs
The gratitude that to the place belongs.

Some years ago to-day, as earth tells time,
With loving hand Truth opened wide the door
Where, barred within the prisoning walls of sense,
I lay despairing on the barren floor;

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