Poems

The little cares that fretted me,...

Anon

The little cares that fretted me,I lost them yesterdayAmong the fields above the sea,Among the winds at play,Among the lowing of the herds,The rustling of the trees,Among the singing of the birds,The humming of the bees;The foolish fears of what might come,I cast them all awayAmong the clover-scented grass,Among the new-mown hay,Among the hushing of the cornWhere drowsy poppies nod,Where ill thoughts die and good are born,Out in the fields with God.

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I leave with God tomorrow's where and how,...

Anon

I leave with God tomorrow's where and how,And do concern myself but with the now.

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Press On

MARY HORNIBROOK CUMMINS

Press on, for the sake of those hungry onesWho are looking to you for bread.

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Birth in Truth

ROBERT WATSON

The sun dips down behind the hills, far in the west;A drowsy calm creeps o'er the land,—all is at rest.

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Dawn of Truth

G. BRUCE STAUFFER

Wearied am I of chasingThe fleeting phantoms of sin,That lured me onWith wine and songLife's pleasures gay to win;Yet in my roundNo peace I found,But misery and sorrow's kin.

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Revelation

GWENDOLEN EDWARDS

We put our trust in men and things,And men and things do fail us;Our hopes sink down with broken wings,And bitter doubts assail us.

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Right Reckoning*

MARY I. MESECHRE

Grouped quietly near the window,Some little ones, tired of play,Were conning again the lessonsThey had learned in school that day;While indoors I, with my problemUnsolved at the set of sun,Heard, "Three times nothing is nothing,And one to carry is one.

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True Success

EDITH C. CARTER

Man cannot fail!

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"As the waters cover the sea"

FRANCIS E. FALKENBURY

The other night, while swimming in the seaAmid a flame of phosphorescent light,I turned face upward, through the lovely night,To that great symbol of infinity,—