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<img src="images/crys_cover.jpg" width="267" height="500" alt="Clear Crystals chapbook cover" />
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<h1>CLEAR CRYSTALS</h1>
<p> </p>
<h3><i>by</i></h3>
<h2>Clara M. Beede</h2>
<p> <br /></p>
<div class="center">
The Press of Flozari, Pegasus Studios<br />
Box 5804, Cleveland, 1, Ohio<br />
1946
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<hr style='width: 65%;' />
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<i>Dedicated to</i><br />
<i>OLNEY, RUSSELL Jr., WILLIAM, ELLWOOD,</i><br />
<i>And All Our Soldier Boys</i>
</div>
<hr style='width: 65%;' />
<h2>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS</h2>
<p>We are grateful for permission to include certain poems which were
first published in Reflections; Chipmunk; Scimitar and Song: Whispers;
Calaveras Californian; Calaveras Prospect; Sunshine and Rain; Brown
Plumes; Tulsa Tribune; Sonnets from Americanese: Fireside Chatter;
Song and Story; The Arc; United We Sing; The Authors of Tomorrow;
Garret, and Golden Leaves.</p>
<hr style='width: 65%;' />
<h3>OTHER TORCHBEARER CHAPBOOKS</h3>
<h3>by</h3>
<h3>CLARA M. BEEDE</h3>
<p>
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">45: Brown Plumes</span><br />
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">51: More Brown Plumes</span><br />
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">63: Sunshine and Rain</span><br />
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">73: Clear Crystals (Second Printing)</span><br />
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">88: Only Pebbles</span><br />
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">94: Golden Leaves</span><br />
<span style="margin-left: 3em;">98: Sail High Above</span><br />
</p>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2>CONTENTS</h2>
<ul><li> <a href="#MOTHERS_PRAYER"><b>MOTHER'S PRAYER</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#LET_THERE_BE_PEACE"><b>LET THERE BE PEACE</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#WHAT_IS_THIS_WISDOM"><b>WHAT IS THIS WISDOM</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#SOLDIER_TRAINS"><b>SOLDIER TRAINS</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#DEAR_POSSESSIONS"><b>DEAR POSSESSIONS</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#THE_UNBIDDEN_TEARS"><b>THE UNBIDDEN TEARS</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#THE_PROMISE_OF_SPRING"><b>THE PROMISE OF SPRING</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#THE_DAYS_LIVE_AGAIN"><b>THE DAYS LIVE AGAIN</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#ROLLING_TRUCKS"><b>ROLLING TRUCKS</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#AT_DUSK"><b>AT DUSK</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#THE_MORNING"><b>THE MORNING</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#O_RIVER_BANK"><b>O RIVER BANK</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#THERE_WILL_COME_A_DAY"><b>THERE WILL COME A DAY</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#LATE_AUTUMN"><b>LATE AUTUMN</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#ALL_HAIL_RED_CROSS"><b>ALL HAIL RED CROSS</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#OUR_MORNING_PRAYER_2"><b>OUR MORNING PRAYER</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#SOLDIER_TO_HIS_MOTHER"><b>SOLDIER TO HIS MOTHER</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#IN_THE_STORM_2"><b>IN THE STORM</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#TO_US"><b>TO US</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#THE_FLY_AND_THE_SPIDER"><b>THE FLY AND THE SPIDER</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#HER_GOOD_BYE"><b>HER GOOD BYE</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#HILLS_AND_VALLEYS_WAKE"><b>HILLS AND VALLEYS WAKE</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#MORNING_THANKSGIVING"><b>MORNING THANKSGIVING</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#OFF_TO_THE_WOODS"><b>OFF TO THE WOODS</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#THE_HAPPY_CAMPERS"><b>THE HAPPY CAMPERS</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#THE_PROMISE"><b>THE PROMISE</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#IN_REFLECTION"><b>IN REFLECTION</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#MEN_MUST_TOIL"><b>MEN MUST TOIL</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#THAT_CLOSE_DRAWN_VEIL"><b>THAT CLOSE DRAWN VEIL</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#OUR_MORNING_LESSON"><b>OUR MORNING LESSON</b></a></li>
<li> <a href="#WHEN_THE_BOYS_COME_HOME"><b>WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME</b></a></li></ul>
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<h2><a name="MOTHERS_PRAYER" id="MOTHERS_PRAYER" />MOTHER'S PRAYER</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>For this new day, our Father, we give thee thanks.<br /></span>
<span>Thou hast blessed us with rest for our bodies,<br /></span>
<span>The glories of a new day are upon us, a gift from above.<br /></span>
<span>Let the light from heaven penetrate our souls,<br /></span>
<span>and may this be the best of our lives, we pray.<br /></span>
<span>Remember those less fortunate, dear Father,<br /></span>
<span>May some messenger of thine bring joy to their hearts today.<br /></span>
<span>Forbid we should shirk any duty coming our way,<br /></span>
<span>for we are thy servants and desire to do thy will.<br /></span>
<span>Our Dear Father thou hast blessed us with many dear ones.<br /></span>
<span>I pray thy blessing upon each one, especially our soldier boys<br /></span>
<span>That they may heed thy voice and follow thee<br /></span>
<span>as their great and true leader. Forbid, dear Lord, that any one<br /></span>
<span>of them be lost from the way in his search for the light.<br /></span>
<span>Go before them and let light from above<br /></span>
<span>make their pathway bright. Come into their hearts<br /></span>
<span>and give them the peace that no man can give, neither can<br /></span>
<span>take it away. I humbly ask these favors in Jesus name.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span style="margin-left: 12em;">—KAY MCKEE</span>
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<h2><a name="LET_THERE_BE_PEACE" id="LET_THERE_BE_PEACE" />LET THERE BE PEACE</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>Let there be peace, let clouds and storm roll past,<br /></span>
<span>And budding groves burst forth in little leaves.<br /></span>
<span>When April showers flush the brooks and eaves;<br /></span>
<span>May gardens grow and wheat go flowing fast.<br /></span>
<span>Let there be peace on earth, that men may cast<br /></span>
<span>Their hatreds far away and gather sheaves<br /></span>
<span>Of golden days in patterns justice weaves;<br /></span>
<span>That sunset hours may glow with love at last,<br /></span>
<span>The atmosphere be filled with faith and light,<br /></span>
<span>No war, nor bombs, no words of discontent.<br /></span>
<span>Let there be peace on every hill and plain,<br /></span>
<span>That men may live and toil with hearts alight,<br /></span>
<span>That each may aid his brother in content.<br /></span>
<span>Let grasses grow and flowers bloom again.<br /></span>
</div></div>
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<h2><a name="WHAT_IS_THIS_WISDOM" id="WHAT_IS_THIS_WISDOM" />WHAT IS THIS WISDOM</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>Remaining staunchly there in shriveled earth,<br /></span>
<span>The canna stood serene, refreshed by dew<br /></span>
<span>That silently, each cooling night anew<br /></span>
<span>Spread living gems to sparkle in their mirth.<br /></span>
<span>Beneath, the bulb lay proving well its birth—<br /></span>
<span>A shower passed, the funnel leaves caught true—<br /></span>
<span>The plant awoke with life and beauty too.<br /></span>
<span>And not a drop was wasted of the worth!<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>The bud refrained from coming into bloom,<br /></span>
<span>As though it waited for the lusty rain,<br /></span>
<span>With low leaves dried and drooping to the ground.<br /></span>
<span>What is this wisdom in all nature's room<br /></span>
<span>That fights to live and grow, and not in vain,<br /></span>
<span>But God, whose strength in all things may be found.<br /></span>
</div></div>
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<h2><a name="SOLDIER_TRAINS" id="SOLDIER_TRAINS" />SOLDIER TRAINS</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>Hear the rumbling of the trains,<br /></span>
<span>Soldier trains.<br /></span>
<span>Ever droning, jarring, roaring on the rails<br /></span>
<span>Through the amber lights of dawn.<br /></span>
<span>Hear them rolling right along<br /></span>
<span>Now acoming and now gone,<br /></span>
<span>Iron wheel follows wheel,<br /></span>
<span>Round the bend of the river going strong.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>They are taking our brave soldier boys<br /></span>
<span>To the barracks. Hear the thumping of the drums<br /></span>
<span>How they beat and beat and beat,<br /></span>
<span>In the morning and at night,<br /></span>
<span>Hear the tramping, marching feet,<br /></span>
<span>All in line stepping fine<br /></span>
<span>Hear the praying from the firesides down the street.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>Hear the roaring of the trains,<br /></span>
<span>Speeding trains<br /></span>
<span>With the rumbling. Shouting home-boys off to war!<br /></span>
<span>Now they travel to far shores.<br /></span>
<span>See them waving their good-byes,<br /></span>
<span>There's the girl that Joe adores<br /></span>
<span>Waving hand, smiling band!<br /></span>
<span>Hear the laughter from the windows and the doors.<br /></span>
</div></div>
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<h2><a name="DEAR_POSSESSIONS" id="DEAR_POSSESSIONS" />DEAR POSSESSIONS</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>A loaf of bread with a glass of milk<br /></span>
<span>With a roof that shelters and a restful bed,<br /></span>
<span>A place to wear the faded silk<br /></span>
<span>And a pillow for the aching head;<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>A kettle that sings while the night wind sighs,<br /></span>
<span>And a cup of tea to drink;<br /></span>
<span>A hearth to sweep and a babe that cries,<br /></span>
<span>With a pile of dishes in the sink.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>A home to keep and a man to love,<br /></span>
<span>With a heart that is true and fine.<br /></span>
<span>These precious things sent from heaven above,<br /></span>
<span>Will be prized for yours and for mine.<br /></span>
</div></div>
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<h2><a name="THE_UNBIDDEN_TEARS" id="THE_UNBIDDEN_TEARS" />THE UNBIDDEN TEARS</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>Glad tears that rush like rivers down the cheek<br /></span>
<span>Like gilding gold of morning's amber light.<br /></span>
<span>O happy hearts, by hearths when wills are meek!<br /></span>
<span>We welcome sun that chased away the night.<br /></span>
<span>The weeping eyes will not acknowledge hate.<br /></span>
<span>When lovers meet forgiven after pain,<br /></span>
<span>Tears cleanse the heart and mind of fire and mote,<br /></span>
<span>And freshen countenance and bleach the stain.<br /></span>
<span>O rain of peace, that washes doubt away,<br /></span>
<span>And casts a burden from the heart and home.<br /></span>
<span>Sad hearts in joy united on this day;<br /></span>
<span>Now buds will bloom again in garden loam.<br /></span>
<span>Glad tears that come unbidden thus and free<br /></span>
<span>Have banished care and brought you back to me.<br /></span>
</div></div>
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<h2><a name="THE_PROMISE_OF_SPRING" id="THE_PROMISE_OF_SPRING" />THE PROMISE OF SPRING</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>Today resplendent in red, grays and gold,<br /></span>
<span>No wind disturbs the calm of Winter's rest,<br /></span>
<span>But quiet and serene on earth's broad breast<br /></span>
<span>Is shrub and bush and seed in loamy hold;<br /></span>
<span>The buds on elm are waiting to unfold,<br /></span>
<span>Our biddie hen wears crimson on her crest.<br /></span>
<span>This gorgeous day, when children laugh and jest,<br /></span>
<span>And run and dance and not a thought withhold.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>For Winter's frost was gone at early noon.<br /></span>
<span>We know that Spring will come on southern breeze;<br /></span>
<span>The grass will green and roses bloom again.<br /></span>
<span>We love the flowers, summer warmth and boon,<br /></span>
<span>O joy of earth, in green and swaying trees,<br /></span>
<span>In buds and bees on this broad prairie plain.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="THE_DAYS_LIVE_AGAIN" id="THE_DAYS_LIVE_AGAIN" />THE DAYS LIVE AGAIN</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>O hallowed charm of long departed days;<br /></span>
<span>The good and bad blend in a sparkling stream.<br /></span>
<span>If one recalls youth's glad and care free ways;<br /></span>
<span>The distant roar of music is supreme,<br /></span>
<span>When viewing life's almost forgotten trail.<br /></span>
<span>There is a stream that twines its way about<br /></span>
<span>Through shady spots, by broken, rotted rail.<br /></span>
<span>The falling water glitters, and the trout,<br /></span>
<span>Again, like precious memories, flash and dart.<br /></span>
<span>Through bleak and cold, a precipice once crossed<br /></span>
<span>Still fills with pride and pain the aging heart;<br /></span>
<span>For time has now the thorns and rocks embossed,<br /></span>
<span>And thus the long dead past is always bright,<br /></span>
<span>For those whose sun is sinking into night.<br /></span>
</div></div>
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<h2><a name="ROLLING_TRUCKS" id="ROLLING_TRUCKS" />ROLLING TRUCKS</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>Rolling over desert sands<br /></span>
<span>Steady there are dough-boy's hands.<br /></span>
<span>Gliding past the silver sage<br /></span>
<span>Caring naught for fame or wage;<br /></span>
<span>Rolling trucks for Uncle Sam,<br /></span>
<span>In his kit are bread and ham.<br /></span>
<span>Slipping over moon-lit dunes<br /></span>
<span>Humming low the old men's tunes.<br /></span>
<span>Every moment plays the game,<br /></span>
<span>Like an iron in a flame.<br /></span>
<span>Rolling over desert sands,<br /></span>
<span>Steady there are dough-boy's hands.<br /></span>
</div></div>
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<h2><a name="AT_DUSK" id="AT_DUSK" />AT DUSK</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>A low blue cloud lies stretched beyond the trees,<br /></span>
<span>All quiet so. The chant of birds uplifts,<br /></span>
<span>And through the evening dusk a tremor sifts,<br /></span>
<span>The chill of night creeps close with turning keys,<br /></span>
<span>And darkness soothes each child. The daylight flees,<br /></span>
<span>Though many voices lend their artful gifts,<br /></span>
<span>And mingle with the city's murmured rifts.<br /></span>
<span>While twilight covers all with mysteries,<br /></span>
<span>There is the roll of train or army truck;<br /></span>
<span>A mother calls her three year old within.<br /></span>
<span>The most of us preparing for the night;<br /></span>
<span>Some go their way to labor for their luck,<br /></span>
<span>And others toil that we may rest or spin.<br /></span>
<span>God guards the whole until the morning light.<br /></span>
</div></div>
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<h2><a name="THE_MORNING" id="THE_MORNING" />THE MORNING</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>The morning freshened with the dew of night,<br /></span>
<span>Was glad with crowing cock and singing bird;<br /></span>
<span>And through the mists came hope and kindly word.<br /></span>
<span>The east aglow with early amber light.<br /></span>
<span>As perking coffee roused the hungry sprite;<br /></span>
<span>Beside the hearth a friendly pussy purred,<br /></span>
<span>And in a crib a blue-eyed baby stirred,<br /></span>
<span>Awakened from sweet slumber of the night.<br /></span>
<span>O dawning! Here with all her usual charm.<br /></span>
<span>Another day to toil for child and friend,<br /></span>
<span>One hour to praise our God, while hatreds ebbed;<br /></span>
<span>To hope and live and succor from all harm<br /></span>
<span>Those weaker ones who know not how to fend,<br /></span>
<span>And cast a beam that lights their way ahead.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="O_RIVER_BANK" id="O_RIVER_BANK" />O RIVER BANK</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>I love to loiter by the old oak tree,<br /></span>
<span>Where waters ripple over clean white stones,<br /></span>
<span>And cresses, mint with feathered fern grown high.<br /></span>
<span>In such a place the peaceful thoughts will come;<br /></span>
<span>There is no hurry there where nature plays.<br /></span>
<span>Soft gentle breezes wave the grass and sedge;<br /></span>
<span>White fluffy clouds pass overhead and roll.<br /></span>
<span>Now dreaming, I hear the cricket's gay song.<br /></span>
<span>O river bank you charm me always so.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="THERE_WILL_COME_A_DAY" id="THERE_WILL_COME_A_DAY" />THERE WILL COME A DAY</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>There will come a day, sometime,<br /></span>
<span>When a bright light will shine through<br /></span>
<span>The clouds of darkness, sometime.<br /></span>
<span>And the grass will grow anew;<br /></span>
<span>Glad bells will ring at the dawn;<br /></span>
<span>And at noon great horns will blow;<br /></span>
<span>At evening fear will be gone;<br /></span>
<span>The home lights through dusk will glow.<br /></span>
<span>It will be a joyous day!<br /></span>
<span>And the earth will shout with laughter,<br /></span>
<span>When world peace is made, some day.<br /></span>
<span>We can hear the birds thereafter.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="LATE_AUTUMN" id="LATE_AUTUMN" />LATE AUTUMN</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>The fragrant autumn winds float painted leaves<br /></span>
<span>Across the plains at sunset's evening hour,<br /></span>
<span>A scarlet rose, a zinnia in the flower<br /></span>
<span>Stand brilliant there beneath the cottage eaves.<br /></span>
<span>The locust hums his song, the spider weaves<br /></span>
<span>His silken web in every shady bower,<br /></span>
<span>Where thunder clouds pile high in tumbled tower;<br /></span>
<span>The farmer's loft is bursting with great sheaves;<br /></span>
<span>And cornstalks bend with heavy golden loads,<br /></span>
<span>For rains have blessed the land the summer long.<br /></span>
<span>Now children trip on winding trails from school;<br /></span>
<span>They swing in rhythmic time along the roads;<br /></span>
<span>A hungry, hearty crowd, suntanned and strong.<br /></span>
<span>This glorious fall day in evening cool.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="ALL_HAIL_RED_CROSS" id="ALL_HAIL_RED_CROSS" />ALL HAIL RED CROSS</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>All hail Red Cross! White robes of light, all hail!<br /></span>
<span>On brave and noble brows the symbol shines.<br /></span>
<span>A cry for help is never called in vain,<br /></span>
<span>For these courageous ones go everywhere,<br /></span>
<span>On sea or land, in sun and stormy sky.<br /></span>
<span>They face all dangers—carry succor forth<br /></span>
<span>To save their fellowmen—with speed and skill<br /></span>
<span>The aid goes out to rescue friend and foe.<br /></span>
<span>They know no enemy but heed each call.<br /></span>
<span>A line is thrown to stranded waif or man.<br /></span>
<span>In flood they rush like water down the slope<br /></span>
<span>To bring relief to those who toss in waves.<br /></span>
<span>They care for mothers left to starve, alone.<br /></span>
<span>In pestilence, they labor long to soothe<br /></span>
<span>The fevered brow and ease the gnawing pain<br /></span>
<span>With medicine and shelter, food and clothes.<br /></span>
<span>In war the wound is dressed and duly nursed<br /></span>
<span>With gentle supple hands—with nourishment<br /></span>
<span>For mind and body. Cross of red, all hail!<br /></span>
<span>They serve for us most willingly and well.<br /></span>
<span>Then chide themselves when they have come too late!<br /></span>
<span>Like mothers when their sons have fallen short;<br /></span>
<span>In early dawn and through the night they toil.<br /></span>
<span>O God do bless this noble work of love;<br /></span>
<span>Let's give and further this most worthy cause.<br /></span>
<span>All hail Red Cross! White robes of hope, all hail!<br /></span>
</div></div>
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<h2><a name="OUR_MORNING_PRAYER_2" id="OUR_MORNING_PRAYER_2" />OUR MORNING PRAYER</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>God our Father give us strength<br /></span>
<span>In these days of selfish strife,<br /></span>
<span>Let us smile amid the pain,<br /></span>
<span>Now to meet the care of life<br /></span>
<span>In the sunshine and in rain.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="SOLDIER_TO_HIS_MOTHER" id="SOLDIER_TO_HIS_MOTHER" />SOLDIER TO HIS MOTHER</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>Remembering those happy days of youth—<br /></span>
<span>The earth was filled with gladness then,<br /></span>
<span>And you, dear Mother, taught me love and truth,<br /></span>
<span>Taught me to seek the best in men.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>With heart full of faith and noble thought<br /></span>
<span>To bear my load and do good deeds.<br /></span>
<span>And cherish worthy things, the hope not bought,<br /></span>
<span>With visions for the living needs.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>You said be honest with my God and soul,<br /></span>
<span>Devoted to my land and home,<br /></span>
<span>And all that men hold dear. In loyalty<br /></span>
<span>Respect and prize the fertile loam.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>Today my country calls, she needs her son<br /></span>
<span>To fight the Japs and Hitler too.<br /></span>
<span>No coming back until the job is done.<br /></span>
<span>This is as honest men would do.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="IN_THE_STORM_2" id="IN_THE_STORM_2" />IN THE STORM</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>Hear the gale roaring through the woods!<br /></span>
<span>Trees bend and snap and sway;<br /></span>
<span>They race and break on this dark day.<br /></span>
<span>If I could fashion some sturdy hoods<br /></span>
<span>To hold the storm at bay,<br /></span>
<span>Then trim and straight would all trees stay.<br /></span>
<span>But great trees knotted by winds' moods,<br /></span>
<span>Like men who face their care,<br /></span>
<span>Stand scarred yet stanch and bravely there.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="TO_US" id="TO_US" />TO US</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>O petty trifles! Why cling to us so?<br /></span>
<span>Our time in doing small things quite consumed,<br /></span>
<span>And hearts protected like earth worms encased,<br /></span>
<span>Always singing childish songs, sol me do,<br /></span>
<span>And crawling safe in shady vales below,<br /></span>
<span>Like snails advancing, scoff and hurt endured,<br /></span>
<span>Dead there upon the rack, no port secured.<br /></span>
<span>O brother plant, some grains of corn will grow!<br /></span>
<span>The faithful farmer sows live fertile seed.<br /></span>
<span>Be not a grub but rise and stretch hands up<br /></span>
<span>When on the height reach down to troubled friend,<br /></span>
<span>And lift your fellowmen, toil not for greed.<br /></span>
<span>Wash out the grounds and fill the empty cup.<br /></span>
<span>The rose will bloom where rocky pathways wend.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="THE_FLY_AND_THE_SPIDER" id="THE_FLY_AND_THE_SPIDER" />THE FLY AND THE SPIDER</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>The big black fly was in a sorry plight;<br /></span>
<span>She hung and dangled in a spider's web.<br /></span>
<span>It was too late to make a hurried flight.<br /></span>
<span>The sand is sifting and the tides will ebb.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>The spider then drew dose his silken thread,<br /></span>
<span>It was no use to ask the reason why.<br /></span>
<span>He only wished to eat and save his head,<br /></span>
<span>And he must catch his breakfast, or die.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="HER_GOOD_BYE" id="HER_GOOD_BYE" />HER GOOD BYE</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>I love you, Darling, sweetheart mine,<br /></span>
<span>Our troth is pledged, O joy divine!<br /></span>
<span>With apple blossoms in my hair<br /></span>
<span>I hope and breathe a fervent prayer<br /></span>
<span>To keep my trust all down the years,<br /></span>
<span>And love you always through the tears.<br /></span>
<span>O heart of mine, my feet do sing<br /></span>
<span>As down the aisle into the Spring<br /></span>
<span>Of bursting bud and lilac time,<br /></span>
<span>Of budding trees and robin rhyme,<br /></span>
<span>So tenderly, Dear, I love you.<br /></span>
<span>In happiness I go with you<br /></span>
<span>Now in sunshine to follow on<br /></span>
<span>And into dark when you are gone.<br /></span>
<span>Then back again from misty night<br /></span>
<span>And at the dawn in coming light.<br /></span>
<span>At sunup when the Japs are caught<br /></span>
<span>You will come when the battle's fought.<br /></span>
<span>And then glad shouts the whole day long,<br /></span>
<span>With ringing bells 'ten billion strong.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="HILLS_AND_VALLEYS_WAKE" id="HILLS_AND_VALLEYS_WAKE" />HILLS AND VALLEYS WAKE</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>My ears have heard the larks at dawn,<br /></span>
<span>Their bright sweet carols sing,<br /></span>
<span>With burst of morning sun<br /></span>
<span>And all the meadows ring.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>My eyes have seen the shining gold,<br /></span>
<span>That rimmed a purple cloud,<br /></span>
<span>And sheets of olive green there spread,<br /></span>
<span>While night puts on a shroud.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>And in the east a moon that gleamed<br /></span>
<span>With grey blue light and sheen,<br /></span>
<span>On misty, drooping willow trees,<br /></span>
<span>O fair and silent scene.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>These are not half the things I see<br /></span>
<span>On lovely nights and brilliant days,<br /></span>
<span>It seems that hills and valleys wake<br /></span>
<span>To make such holidays.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="MORNING_THANKSGIVING" id="MORNING_THANKSGIVING" />MORNING THANKSGIVING</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>We thank our God this Autumn day,<br /></span>
<span>As birds are waking in the vale,<br /></span>
<span>For health and strength to walk his way,<br /></span>
<span>Let justice and peace prevail.<br /></span>
<span>And for this food that's waiting here,<br /></span>
<span>Now fill our hearts with faith and love;<br /></span>
<span>And bless our loved ones far and near,<br /></span>
<span>O God, our Father up above.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="OFF_TO_THE_WOODS" id="OFF_TO_THE_WOODS" />OFF TO THE WOODS</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>All nature dons a cool green coat,<br /></span>
<span>Soft breezes blow and white clouds float;<br /></span>
<span>The blue jay screams his piercing note.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>The April sun shines fine today,<br /></span>
<span>And all the world is bright and gay.<br /></span>
<span>Small twinkling leaves now dance and play!<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>The Spring has made a grand debut;<br /></span>
<span>And turned up sod is reddish blue,<br /></span>
<span>Where last year's roses bloomed for you.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>And to the woods then let us hie<br /></span>
<span>To gather sorrel for a pie,<br /></span>
<span>And pick some posies from the rye.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>O Daughter come, a walk is free,<br /></span>
<span>Lock up the house and bring the key;<br /></span>
<span>For sing we must in joy and glee.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="THE_HAPPY_CAMPERS" id="THE_HAPPY_CAMPERS" />THE HAPPY CAMPERS</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>Burning brush<br /></span>
<span>In morning hush<br /></span>
<span>While bacon fragrance floats.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>Daylight dreams<br /></span>
<span>Along bright streams<br /></span>
<span>With knapsack and light coats.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>Wind blown hair,<br /></span>
<span>They march and share<br /></span>
<span>And sing the happy notes.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="THE_PROMISE" id="THE_PROMISE" />THE PROMISE</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>O Glendolyn, the life of my being,<br /></span>
<span>O Darling, the good in your heart!<br /></span>
<span>Bright eyes in the flash of a moment<br /></span>
<span>Grow sad as the time nears to part,<br /></span>
<span>Tears well in the midst of the laughter,<br /></span>
<span>Unbidden as the showers in Spring.<br /></span>
<span>Although the days cloud, but after<br /></span>
<span>The future will brighten and sing.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>O Glendolyn, weep not at my going,<br /></span>
<span>The weary long hours will pass;<br /></span>
<span>And dawn with its flame and a promise<br /></span>
<span>Will touch the grey sod and dry grass.<br /></span>
<span>The elm in the garden will flower<br /></span>
<span>And the hills on the plains be shining.<br /></span>
<span>That day, then the battle is over,<br /></span>
<span>I will come with swift feet, my Darling.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="IN_REFLECTION" id="IN_REFLECTION" />IN REFLECTION</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>In the morning of my youth<br /></span>
<span>When my veins were full of strength<br /></span>
<span>There was Dad and Mom to say<br /></span>
<span>What to do. They spoke at length.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>Did I listen to the truth?<br /></span>
<span>Much of it has passed me by.<br /></span>
<span>Now if only some one would<br /></span>
<span>Speak to me and tell me why.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="MEN_MUST_TOIL" id="MEN_MUST_TOIL" />MEN MUST TOIL</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>We wakened in the morning<br /></span>
<span>The wind had blown up cold;<br /></span>
<span>And too, the oaks were grumbling<br /></span>
<span>Like men agrowing old.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>We must all work this morning,<br /></span>
<span>Though rough and harsh outside,<br /></span>
<span>Men labor in the storming<br /></span>
<span>For all must eat betide.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="THAT_CLOSE_DRAWN_VEIL" id="THAT_CLOSE_DRAWN_VEIL" />THAT CLOSE DRAWN VEIL</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>If we could lift that close drawn veil and see,<br /></span>
<span>The anxious hours might pass in rest and sleep.<br /></span>
<span>But wait! Could men but sow and counting reap?<br /></span>
<span>Who would toil on when knowing loss must be?<br /></span>
<span>No wild glad hoping with expectancy!<br /></span>
<span>And wooing lover then might he not weep?<br /></span>
<span>The fortune which would grieve—no shop to keep.<br /></span>
<span>Enough. Man can climb higher and be free.<br /></span>
<span>Leave be the veil and let men struggle through.<br /></span>
<span>Let roots strike down and seek the growing needs;<br /></span>
<span>And living stock stretch up toward the sun<br /></span>
<span>With life and hope. Then let men work and woo,<br /></span>
<span>Not anchorless, nor tumbling drift as weeds.<br /></span>
<span>Fulfilment in the end and laurel won.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="OUR_MORNING_LESSON" id="OUR_MORNING_LESSON" />OUR MORNING LESSON</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>Love our neighbors as ourselves,<br /></span>
<span>May we fit in where we can,<br /></span>
<span>Love our God and praise his name<br /></span>
<span>Is God's law for mortal man.<br /></span>
</div></div>
<hr style="width: 65%;" />
<h2><a name="WHEN_THE_BOYS_COME_HOME" id="WHEN_THE_BOYS_COME_HOME" />WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME</h2>
<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
<span>Bright smiles and many tear drops<br /></span>
<span>Are begging loved ones stay;<br /></span>
<span>For not all soldier boys come home<br /></span>
<span>When bugles call today.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>Brave lassies wait, toiling, hoping,<br /></span>
<span>And keep the hearth brushed clean,<br /></span>
<span>The home fires glowing brightly<br /></span>
<span>With all about serene.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>The heart grows weary often,<br /></span>
<span>For hours and days are long.<br /></span>
<span>But when the fight is over<br /></span>
<span>The land will ring with song.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>With all the maidens singing<br /></span>
<span>The full and happy notes,<br /></span>
<span>While men go shouting, marching,<br /></span>
<span>At sight of khaki coats.<br /></span>
</div><div class="stanza">
<span>And Main Street pushing, crowding,<br /></span>
<span>Will be a surging stream,<br /></span>
<span>For when this war is over<br /></span>
<span>Our joy will be supreme.<br /></span>
</div></div>
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<p>COLOPHON</p>
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