Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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■« $ «$ « kS «« kSxJ $k$x» $k8 x TROPAEUM « «hJxS xJ. x$ $kS xSxSx? » kSkS » x$xJk$ 1 And then ahead in the distance They perceived their sought-for larize. And they opened the next gate with great ease Wliile joy shone in their eyes. Tlieii 1 heard a soft sweet voice say, Thongli no one conld I see, They ' re not at the top Init climl)ing, And great tlieir reward will be. The last path was ragged and painfnl. But their goal was now so near That they clind)ed it in but an instant, With never a sigh nor a tear. There tliey stood on a snuKith tlat platform SuiTounded l)y i-oses rare, Surveying the I ' est of the mountain With the very greatest of care. Tlien a heavenly hush descended And, presently out of the spell I heard that sweet voice speaking. And listened to what it would tell. Clod bless these who had the courage To endure the trials and pain. God pity the ones who have fallen. Who took loss instead of gain! -Shirley Diehl Page Twenty-three