Grant Hospital School of Nursing - Beacon Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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he eacon The Song of the Nurse VVith fingers slender and worn, VVith a frame tl1at's ready to fall, A nurse is walking the corridors To answer the needful call. Vllalk! Walk! Walk! Yvith light tread, easy, yet terse, But ever she sings with a tender pitch The soulful Song of the Nursef' Scrub! Scrub! Scrub! Service room, bed, and pan, Dust! Dust! Dust! 'Til all is spie and span. Medications and Foments, Nurishments all day long- VVhile over the bed she lingers and waits- Still singing the Nur:-se's Song! 'YVake ! 'lfVake ! 'VVake! 6 a. rn.-We must be on time! 'Wake! 'VVake! WVake! The alarm's insistent chime. lVhen the weather is warm and bright- In the morning to duty we go- But on wintry days-without the sun's rays Vile tread through the ice and snow. Oh! to breathe the breath of the idle- Lazy, the rich, the elite! VVith roses around and through their hair, Silk pillows beneath their feet. One short day! Just to feel as the idle feel- lVho never know naught how to work or save- Never walk out for a meal! With fingers weary and worn- With complexion faded and white A nurse walks up the lonely hall To answer the signal light. Walk! Walk! VValk! VVith a light tread, easy, yet terse, And ever she sings with a tender pitch, The soulful Song of the Nurse. ...un-E Fifty-one

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