Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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INVOCATION Out of the past that is losf under countie® a f of niins ’ it Rises, feke nxsst froa- the sea wh. m uk vm wake all thi t tovn slumber .. One little cloudlet of ssptake, which, .rising through mi ruber «;s$ a;, ■- Bringing the odors of -years ?,jt were crowded with, wand’ringa h- rote. Rises persistently still, and or ia , hnd • t? way to the present. All that remains o£ the glory that once w»% the theme of the poet- Poets whose songs uould hold breath! the mobs in the marker . ( Athens? All iimt remains? U this all? from the source of til?? ancients, May we but feel the. presence of ruat h- spi ration etfomal Rising with beauty yet m tl has pee little cloudlet of imoitel m

Page 15 text:

uuc 01 uic past uiai is lost under countless ages of ruins, Rises, like mist from the sea when the Sun wakes all things from slumber, One little cloudlet of smoke, which, rising through numberless ages, Bringing the odors of years that were crowded with wand’rings heroic, Rises persistently still, and at last finds its way to the present. All that remains of the glory that once was the theme of the poets — Poets whose songs could hold breathless the mobs in the market of Athens? All that remains? Is this all? Yes — but, from the source of the ancients, May we but feel the presence of that in- spiration etherial Rising with beauty yet, in that one litde cloudlet of smoke!