Poems

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LINES WRITTEN ON THE DEDICATION OF THE MOTHER CHURCH, 1906

[The following stanzas are selected from a little volume of poems written by Mrs.

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THE PERFECT CREATION

R. T. KEY

In gardens of eternity,There lay a perfect seed.

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FRUITAGE

JENNIE W. BRIGGS

I sent a loving thoughtTo one in sorest need.

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LINCOLN

J. L. H.

Fate struck the hour!A crisis hour of Time.

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THE SONGS OF LOVE

IRA O. KNAPP.

Time's transient round of yearsOn fleeting wings may ride;But Love's perennial songsNe'er end with time nor tide.

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I did not know such heights were to be won!I thought them inaccessible, remote,Shining in solitude approached by none;Silent and colorless, save there should floatA fleecy sunset cloud awhile to flushIts majesty; then chilled, drop down in tearsUpon the summit, frozen by the hushTo icy mantle thickening with the years.

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I'VE HEARD THE MESSAGE THOU HAST SENT

HENRY D. THAYER

Thy will, O God, be done with me,For I am Thine!Above earth's clouds—from error free—My faith triumphant turns to Thee,O Father, Saviour mine!

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THE VISION OF TRUTH

WINIFRED BORLEE.

What traveler, wand'ring through some murky town,Begrimed with dirt and grim with lurking crime,But bears within him visions of a climeWhere peace and beauty vale and mountain crownWith gentle radiance, and the city's gownA robe of glory is; where hate nor timeHolds any slaves, where being is sublime,And Love knows neither nor jealous frown?