Poems

Coworkers

MABELLE C. PERKINS

Herein the grace of God must be,That all may work with Him, and seeHis law unfold as harmony.

Here I would hold my light on high,With steady hand, and true,That down some darkening way its gleam May guideA faltering step that gropes to find,Mid shadows closing in,A refuge, where in peace it mayAbide.

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Aspiration

FANNY KINDER GRIBBON

"By faith he [Moses] forsook Egypt.

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A Prayer

EDITH L. PERKINS

To be as trusting as a little child,In calm assurance of the promise sweet,—By thought of limitation unbeguiled,To prove that Love our every need doth meet.

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Great Possessions

SARAH MILDRED SPARKS

My great possessions lie before me spread,With all the dear associations:Treasures of by-gone days;Things I learned in childhood; took to my heartand lived with; fought for;Some whom I loved and shared my treasures with.

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Watch, Work, Pray

EMILIE HERMINE LOVELL

Ask the gardener, he will tell youThat he reaps but what he sows;That the soil must be in order,Or the seed is dwarfed by foes;That the tares in good soil prosperAs the seed that aims to bless;That the good kind, he must nourish,Guard its growth with tenderness;True discernment is most needful—Sprouts bespeak the ripen'd fruit;That with prudence he must severBaneful waste from worthy root.

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To-day

MAY TRIPLETT BELLAIRS

I do not mean to pass this dayIn stupid sense of ease,To smile on evil, fawn on fear—Thus mortal mind to please.

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Roses of Memory

ANNIE S. PEEL

Love gave us memory,That roses fair might in December bloom,With fragrance rare.

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The Point of View

MAUDE CLARK HOUGH

A little song bird came my way,Once on a sunny summer day,And sang to me of love;But presently the song bird went,And I was filled with discontent,Nor saw blue skies above.

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All-presence

MARGARET BELLE KAUFFMAN

If I could think beyond the farthest starThat lights the depths below me and above,However swift my thought, however far,I could not reach the limits of His love.