Dominican College of San Rafael - Firebrand Yearbook (San Rafael, CA)

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The sun is silent. The hunt remains. But the fox is gone, And today hears nothing at all of yesterday! Marguerite O ' Reilly ' 50 FALSE STEP Walking along streets I see in front of me A man who could be a king By manner alone. People stare and wonder as he passes. Who is he. This man with god-bearing of dignity. Striding before the world? I follow his steps Like a moth. Held by the flame of hidden personality. Suddenly the spell ends. The picture breaks. By a mischance, mischievous as a trial Sent by Puck, He falls, and gone forever Is the Picture of Perfection. Marguerite O ' Reilly ' 50 137

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THE MURAL ROOM-MEADOWLANDS This room, sun-softened Has drunk deep living; Its memories are unknown to us Who are today. The stirrup-cup, The shadow of the red coat. The jingled spur. Are long gone. Now there remains Only cobwebs of recollection Caught on the walls. Paint lit by the sun. The mind is not stirred By their intangible softness; They are felt only as a wind is felt; Their thought moves. Then is gone, beyond the reach Of ordinary things. The walls cry without sound, Tally-ho! . . . Gone to ground! The dogs are no longer young. The riders are of another time, But the hunt gallops over the wall. 136

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IMPRESSION OF PIANO RECITAL Hands, Swift, sure, strong. Flying humming-birds over black and white Blossoms. Fingers tearing thunder from the keyboard. Bring softest rain to ears instead of eyes. Now ffying, now stopping for inaudible breath, Their wing-wheel carries beauty Out to hungry worlds. Here is the scent of the rose Intangibly present. Here is the over and the undertone Of love, of its refrain. Here from the magic of the artisan The dreamer spins religion, and the dream And mood of every time, and area. Hands and man ' s memory. Man and the song endowed by God. Beauty and Man, And God beyond them both. Fingers easily broken. Weaving for earth the everlasting song. Marguerite O ' Reilly ' 50