Poems

THE PRIZE

STELLA E. SAXTON.

I know it waits for me,Exquisite thing;High, high I climb,My steps ne'er faltering,So dear the prize,Hid in a crevice there,A pale, soft star,Dropped from the Alpine skies—Fair bloom of edelweiss!

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REST

EDITH L. PERKINS.

Lie still, little child, on thy mother's breast;Her arms are about thee, and thou canst restSecure in her love, which knoweth best.

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THE STILL SMALL VOICE

A. DICKSON.

HARK! a voice of gentle sweetness      Whispers to the listening ear, Bringing joy and peace and gladness,      Faith and hope instead of fear.

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CONSCIOUSNESS

GRACE A. BOUGHTON-LEIGH.

Life knows no death!In all the wondrous harmonyOf law is continuity—Life never fails.

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O Father Mind, may I e'er read,Mark, inwardly digest, and heedWith eager sight, undimmed, untired,Thy written Word—the page inspired;Nor errant thought rob consciousnessOf aught which would uplift and bless.

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GROWTH

EVELYN SYLVESTER KNOWLES.

The lowly floweret growing at my feetLifts trustingly its face toward the light,By sweet reflection groweth ever brightAnd brighter, and its breath more pure and sweet,No eye beholds it in this lone retreat;From all save One, its beauty hidden quite,As hides yon beaming star the cloud of night;Yet smiling on, it lives its lifetime fleet.

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FREE

ADA JANE MILLER.

Forever free! These are the words I singAs toward the heights I speed on dauntless wing,And flash on flash of light illumes the wayTo sunlit realms of joyous, perfect day.

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Ask no more, Why?...

Eliza C. Miller

Ask no more, Why?

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LOVE'S HOUR

MINNA MATHISON.

Love waits not for a designated hourTo spread the feast of honey and of wine;Each moment it is present,—mine and thineAnd all mankind's who know and seek Love's power.