Poem April 14, 1934 Issue

My Own Song

MARY MARSHALL BROOKS

What if my song be such a simple song
That I, forgetting 'tis my own,
May tempted be to one of loftier range
Only to find it rings not true in tone!
What if the worldling's sneer should seek to check
The song that wells up in my heart,
And those I hold most dear
Think, in these testing times,
It has no part!
Yet will I sing the song that is my own,
And as I sing, with clearer, freer tone,
Perhaps the love therein expressed
May comfort bring to some sad breast;
Its note of warm compassion free
One bound by sin, satiety;
The gleam of truth it longs to bring
May help some burdened heart to sing,
And in its train a vision bright
Of man's dominion and his true birthright
Of Life and Truth and Love divine,
That ever on his pathway shine.
Who knows, my simple song may be
An inspirational melody
Transmuted by Love's alchemy
Into a glowing rhapsody
Of health and hope and harmony!

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