Poems

No Need of Things

ALICE T. MC COUN

Why cling to things?

A Morning Song

CECILIA GREENWOOD

A thrush was singing by the seaHis thankful little melodyFor earth's sweet loveliness reborn,For wavelets sparkling in the morn,For pearly drops on springing cornFor snowy bloom on wayside thorn.

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Dreams

GRACE M. FRANCK

Frightened of dreams!The little child that shrieksWith terror in a nightmare—haunted sleep—Wakens to find the tender mother-loveEncompassing.

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Dear God, I Thank Thee

PHYLLIS BEAUFORT YOUNG

Dear God, I thank Thee for the sunThis happy day,I thank Thee for the fragrance sweetOf flowers so gay.

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Prayer

ELIZABETH KING

I Long to live in that high secret placeWhere I may grow in gentleness and grace;And where I may transcend all mortal thought,Seeking God's verities, and fearing not

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Security

LAURA GERAHTY

I know not what today will bring to meIn work or play,But this I know, I have Love's companyAll through the day.

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God's Will

ISABEL I. HERRICK

As , silently, the steadfast starsReign in the realm of night,So, potently, God's will of goodReigns through the thoughts of right.

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Peace

ALICE W. EUBANK

When darkening shadows rest upon my heartAnd subtly vex me and confuse my day,I know the light of Truth is where Thou art;And seeking Thee, I find my peaceful way.

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The Song of Angels

FLORA LION

Have ye heard the song of angelsAs ye listened in the peaceAnd the quiet of the eveningWhen the strife and tumult cease?

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The Star of Bethlehem

MARY KERN TIPS

O vision bright, thou Bethlehem star,Appearing now to comfort thoseWho blindly grope and wayward are,Through ignorance, that worst of foes,Be thou our guide.