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then let us hie?To gather sorrel for a pie,?And pick some posies from the rye.
O Daughter come, a walk is free,?Lock up the house and bring the key;?For sing we must in joy and glee.
THE HAPPY CAMPERS
Burning brush?In morning hush?While bacon fragrance floats.
Daylight dreams?Along bright streams?With knapsack and light coats.
Wind blown hair,?They march and share?And sing the happy notes.
THE PROMISE
O Glendolyn, the life of my being,?O Darling, the good in your heart!?Bright eyes in the flash of a moment?Grow sad as the time nears to part,?Tears well in the midst of the laughter,?Unbidden as the showers in Spring.?Although the days cloud, but after?The future will brighten and sing.
O Glendolyn, weep not at my going,?The weary long hours will pass;?And dawn with its flame and a promise?Will touch the grey sod and dry grass.?The elm in the garden will flower?And the hills on the plains be shining.?That day, then the battle is over,?I will come with swift feet, my Darling.
IN REFLECTION
In the morning of my youth?When my veins were full of strength?There was Dad and Mom to say?What to do. They spoke at length.
Did I listen to the truth??Much of it has passed me by.?Now if only some one would?Speak to me and tell me why.
MEN MUST TOIL
We wakened in the morning?The wind had blown up cold;?And too, the oaks were grumbling?Like men agrowing old.
We must all work this morning,?Though rough and harsh outside,?Men labor in the storming?For all must eat betide.
THAT CLOSE DRAWN VEIL
If we could lift that close drawn veil and see,?The anxious hours might pass in rest and sleep.?But wait! Could men but sow and counting reap??Who would toil on when knowing loss must be??No wild glad hoping with expectancy!?And wooing lover then might he not weep??The fortune which would grieve--no shop to keep.?Enough. Man can climb higher and be free.?Leave be the veil and let men struggle through.?Let roots strike down and seek the growing needs;?And living stock stretch up toward the sun?With life and hope. Then let men work and woo,?Not anchorless, nor tumbling drift as weeds.?Fulfilment in the end and laurel won.
OUR MORNING LESSON
Love our neighbors as ourselves,?May we fit in where we can,?Love our God and praise his name?Is God's law for mortal man.
WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME
Bright smiles and many tear drops?Are begging loved ones stay;?For not all soldier boys come home?When bugles call today.
Brave lassies wait, toiling, hoping,?And keep the hearth brushed clean,?The home fires glowing brightly?With all about serene.
The heart grows weary often,?For hours and days are long.?But when the fight is over?The land will ring with song.
With all the maidens singing?The full and happy notes,?While men go shouting, marching,?At sight of khaki coats.
And Main Street pushing, crowding,?Will be a surging stream,?For when this war is over?Our joy will be supreme.
THE PRESS OF FLOZARI
COLOPHON
This is number 103 of the Torchbearers' Chapbooks, printed by hand at the Pegasus Studio, from hand-set 10 point Century on Eggshell book paper, in an edition of 106 copies and the type distributed.
Copies may be secured from the author, at 75￠ each, postpaid Clara M. Beede, 304 West 102 St., Apt., 1-A,?New York City 25, N.Y.
Torchbearers' Chapbooks from Pegasus Studios:
4 Strange Riders Journey, L.V. Zietlmann, Texas?5 Heartsease, Thomas B. Livingston, Rhode Island?6 Thru the year--16 Singing Moods, C.H. Greenfield, Cal.?19 Wayside Rhymes, Vera B. Stewart, W. Va.?22-11 Songs of Golden Spring, Frances Belle Delzell, Ore. 24 Clash of Sword and Cymbal, Comp. by L.T. McNair, N.C.?25 Petals of Dreams, Lloyd Day, Montana?26-37 Memories and Moods, Edna Smith DeRan, La?29 Surgings, Otis Raymond Dow, Maine.?30 Raking Leaves, Edith Moody Rittenour, Mich.
42 Echoes of Alabama, Ethel Morgan Dunham, Ala.?46 Cross Roads, Fort Collins, Poetry Group, Colo.?48 Winds in The Pines, Lillian M. Olivier, Calif.?54 Recitations, Zilla Vollmer Tietgen, Illinois?55 Symbols For These Times, Jeremy Ingalls, Mass.?56 Balmy Breezes, Julia Yohn Pickett, Md.?57 Singing Waters, Lena Mearle Shull, S.C.?59 This Crystal Hour, Lucille Iredale Carlson, Utah
60-35 Dream Shadows, Carolyn Kingdon Gordman, N.Y.?61 The Vulture and Its Brood, Robert Fontinelle, Mo.?69 The White Moth Flew, Sam. A. Messirly, Ohio?70-67 Miniature Moods, Jan Humphrey James, Illinois?74-38 Potpourri, L.V. Klose, Iowa?75-72 Thought Clusters, Mary O'Connor, Pa.?76 This and That, Cora E. Orr, Wash.?77 Out Of A Barracks Bag, Sgt. Charles L. Painter, Calif.
82 Pensee Encore, Oliva M. Diaz, Mich.?83-49 Beltane, Sgt. Lawrence A. Wiggin, New Hampshire?84 Dur-Rations, Mary V. Cacossa, New Jersey?85 Rhymes For Every Season, Lydia O. Jackson, N. Dakota?89 Reveries, Virginia A. Demirjian, Ohio
91 Pathways of Gold, Edwin Becker, New York?92 Songs of a Pioneer's Daughter, May D. Burdick, Ga.?93-18-20 More Xmas and New Year Poems, K.N. Smith, Ohio?95 Through the Night, Helen Bostwick, Mich.?97 The Understanding Heart, Wilma Shirley Thone, Ohio?99 Another Spring, Miriam Benham, Ohio
100-87 Fantasies, Ruth E.J. Sarver, Paris, France?101 Poetical Journeys, Colleen Martin, Ohio?102 Sailing Into Harbor, Kay Dombrowski, Wisc.?103-98-94 88-73-63-51-45 Clear Crystals, Clara M. Beede, Okla.