Poems

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"THE VINE"

BEN. HAWORTH-BOOTH

Burden of beauty, joy of luscious leaves,And purple fruits of rich caparison,And honey scent and hum of honey thieves,And sweet enchantment of the golden sun—These are my dowry, and in every raceMen give me deference due, and pride of place.
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"WE HAVE SEEN HIS STAR"

ELLA CLEMENT DAVIES

Does this same star todayIllume for thee life's wayWith ever brightening ray?

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'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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SCIENCE AND SOLITUDE

ALVA B. AMMERMAN.

In the cool and quiet places,In the wood's deep sylvan shade,We may always find clear tracesOf the things that Mind has made.

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Courage! for thus and only thus—...

George Cabot Lodge

Courage! for thus and only thus—As we are prompt and hazardous,As we are rapt, religious, and austere—We are victorious,And find the strange, steep way, and hearThe airs rush into song before our flight,And pass out of the night,Persuaded by a single star,And learn that where the soul's adventures areThe truth's discovery is near,And the delightOf liberty, and peans, and pageantries of light.
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BEGINNINGS

MARY I. MESECHRE

Begin the year with God,O thou who standest on its threshold fair!And then, whate'er may come, thou needst not care;No burden will be thine thou canst not bear,Nor any task assigned thou may'st not dare;So, ere a single step thou yet hast trod,Begin the year with God!
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DAWN

HARRIET BARTNETT.

A tuft of light above the hill;A windless silence, tense and chill;A sharp, straight shaft of fire updrawn,And, rose-clad, gold-clad, burst of dawn!

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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ANNO DOMINI

F. O. SYLVESTER.

The inn is crowded now, the keeper said,And so, two thousand years ago today,They turned the mother of our Lord away.
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THE KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES

MARY HICKS VAN DER BURGH

"There shall be showers of blessings," ran the line;I looked on every side, but saw no sign,—The heavens seemed brass.
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I do not pray, O God, to Thee...

S. E. Kiser

I do not pray, O God, to TheeTo lift me high;I do not ask that there may beNo troubles IMust face in climbing up; I prayFor no man's help along the way.
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Gone, they tell me, is youth,...

William Newton Clarke

Gone, they tell me, is youth,Gone is the strength of my life;Nothing remains but decline,Nothing but age and decay.
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A PRAYER

GERTRUDE RING HOMANS.

Dear Lord, at such time as I am deniedRoom in the inn of some heart overfilled,Where I have sued for lodging, and asideMust turn for shelter, let regret be stilled.
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HOPE

WARWICK JAMES PRICE

Hope is no day-dream of a dim "perhaps,"Nor castle-building reverie, which sapsEndeavor of the present.