Poems

My Song

BY J. H. J.

When the hidden sun touches the mountains afar,Ere the stillness of night has gone;When the silver clouds welcome the morning star,And the darkness retreats from the dawn;Then nature awakes refreshed from her sleep;The coy maiden flowers from their green beds peep;And the twittering birds, and all creatures below,And the star, and the clouds above,Are telling my soul in sweet voices and low,God is love.

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The Wall of Self

Edward C. Butler

Mahmout , the Persian, in splendor rareDwelt in Shiraz, in a palace fair;In old Shiraz, on limestone ledgesThat rim the sharp and curving edgesOf the Persian Gulf—the Gulf of Pearl,Whose waves like scimitars gleam and whirl.

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Onward

BY WILLARD G. FLEMING.

Ye toilers in the upward wayWorn by the burdens of the day,Your armor gird, your courage keep;Press forward, though the path be steep.

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Just a Hint

Oh gentle guest, 'tis our requestThat while beneath this roof you rest,You will not try with voice and eyeTo scorn the faith we're living by.

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Like Heaven

John Sterling

When you hear of good in people—tell it.

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Gradatim

JOHN GILBERT HOLLAND

I COUNT this thing to be grandly true,That a noble deed is a step toward God,—Lifting the soul from the common clodTo a purer air and a broader view.

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"Faultless."

Herrick Johnson

"Faultless in His Glory's presence!"All the soul within me stirred,All my heart reached up to heavenAt the wonder of that word.

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Loving Father

BY CHARLES H. GLIDDEN.

Loving Father, Truth triumphant, Counselor and King,Here we gather to adore Thee, here our hearts we bring.

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Let Something Good be Said

James Whitcomb Riley

When over the fair fame of friend or foeThe shadow of disgrace shall fall; insteadOf words of blame, or proof of thus and so,Let something good be said.