Poems

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REFUGE

Leah Charwat

Oh , do not struggle with despair.

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A MOTHER SPEAKS

Florence Fraser Ludgate

I tried to hold my child to meBy tender, anxious bandsOf self and pride and parenthood,Tied fast with fearful hands.

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"ALL HAIL"

Benjamin Sturgis Pray

Discover that this "hail," this holdAssured appraisal, stems from rootDefining health.

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Mary, who followed even to seeming doomOn darkened Golgotha, came not to shareTriumphal glory: thinking but to bearSweet spices to anoint him in the gloomOf early morn, she saw the empty tombAnd, weeping, pleading in her bleak despair,Knew not that resurrection morning's fairImmortal bud had sprung to wondrous bloom.

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RESURRECTION

Louise S. Darcy

Eternal Christ, may we awakeTo resurrect the buried thought,Arousing it to comprehendMore deeply truths the Master taught,Inspired, ennobled, and rebornUpon this blessed Easter morn.

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IMMANUEL

Violet Hay

Dear Father-Mother God that changeth never,Unfolding good reveals Thy perfect plan.

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THE NIGHT WATCHES

Claude L. Snow

Now we knowWhat it wasThe Psalmist communed withIn the night watches.

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SIMON OF CYRENE

Hazel Harper Brandner

Cyrenian Simon, did you guess that hateHad added to his cross its crushing weightWhen Jesus groaned and sank beneath the loadUpon the stony way of Calvary's road?