Poems

BUILDING

Anita H. Rosenau

The structure of a house implies forethought;So all creation's compassed by a plan:In purity and love God's works are wrought,For thus does He, the master architect,First lay the framework for the perfect man,Made in His image, ever to reflectDominion which affirms His work needs nought.

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EXPECTANCY

Dorothea Sturdivant Fagan

Sweep well thy hearth!Let no dead ashes of an unreal pastBe scattered there.

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PERFECTION

Myrtle A. Cash

Purify me, Father-Mother!Purge the dross, refine the gold,Fold me in Thy ever-presence,Cast me in Thy holy mold.

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SELF-FORGETFULNESS

Walter Brenzikofer

In distant woodThe hermit thrushPours forth his songAt evening's hush.

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HEALING STANDARDS

C. S. Tuckerman Chapin

"And having done all, to stand,"The apostle said.

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CRUSADE

Fanny de Groot Hastings

With spears and plumes our ancestors engagedIn long crusades to wrest the Holy LandFrom infidels; the battles then were wagedOn a small stage, and fighting was by hand.