Philadelphia High School for Girls - Milestone Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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P I 2 if 5 K i i I l Q I r n I2 F ,z ,I E H an 2? J .,....,i.14...... ni V 1 5 I I. 17. Within her mind, all must in order be, The paths of thought mcst cleanly cut and neat And no stray, choking Weeds shall intercept To keep the flowers from growing pure and sweet. 18. These flowers are the soul's sincere expressions, The gardener, the Will, unceasing tends them, To make the mind a place of dear delight, Whence they diffuse the fragrance heaven sends . 19. Then let us not forget that We are gardeners To Watch and tend the gardens of our minds, And keep them Well, so that the Master coming, May nought but purity, sweet-blooming, iind. - 20. And if each one of us this task fulfil, To make her own mind perfect as may be, Then all of us form one fair garden, And all are beautiful alike to see. n 21. - , So may We bring, as thus We bud and bloom, A blessed rest to Wearied mortal eyes, Until, transplanted by the Master Gardener, We bloom forevermore in Paradise. 22 them

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. 13. And still there are the little lowly Bowers- Must it be always theirs to humbly grow Unmarked among the roots of loftier plants Never the boundless wideness of the earth to know? 14. Ah no, they have their mission, too, These modest violets and arbutus rare- Hardest to ind, and most sought out, When once disclosed their beauty is most fair I 5 ' I 'Tis theirs to show the good there is In greater plants that tower above them, But still protect and safely shelter all These lowly ones, because they love them. 16. p Not only are they all in this small garden But each gir1's mind is one, and ,there Her thoughts are Howers, now but buds, For these her Will, the gardener, must care. 21

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