Oklahoma Presbyterian College - Ithanna Yearbook (Durant, OK)

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ITI-IANINIA STAFF ADAMS, ATWELL, NASH, SHANNON, COLBERT, STEVENSON, LEMON, LEWIS, BARNETT, WHITNEY lfV!.N.!VfE LEPVTS . EXWXVIA STE VENSON VERA COLEER T . 120160 THY WHITNEY ANNA 5'HANA7ON . EEEIE EAIQNE TT XWAGGIE LEJLION' LILLIE A TPVELL . E TIJEL PVIJALE ESTJJER NASTI . A VA A DAXWS . 96 Editor-in-Chief Business Manager' . A ss'tEus. Manager . Literary Editor Ass't Literary Editor Humorous Editor A thtetic Editor . Social Editor . Ass'tSooiaZ Editor . Art Editor Ass't Art Editor

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.. l he Qhnal.. I stand upon the heights, and gaze afar, To trace the weary road that I have come: And still too distant, see that glorious star That lured me, to all else deaf, blind, and dumb, To cast off skepticism as a bar, . And follow on. For this bright vision, drifting swiftly past, I have resigned all happy youthful joys, Forsaken life's gay pleasures, for the vast And trackless wilderness. The pretty toys Of worldly fancies, I have scorned at last, To watch the dawn. My goal is far before me, and I fear That never shall I reach it, through the strife That hinders me, but through the darkness drear Ioften see a vision of new life, Where, close beside me, stands my Sovereign dear, And night is gone. -Dorofhy IVf1ff716j'1 '14 97

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Yes, answered the world, but a still, small voice whispered: Wait and see! IV ' All this had been for himself, but now another came into his life. Where others saw only a sweet-faced girl, he saw the One Woman, the very Queen of Heart's Desire. When he had won her, he pressed his bride to his heart and said: Here at last is the Land of Heart's Desire ! And the fair bride smiled and said softly: i'Yes, but only wait and see 1 V That year was the happiest of his life. All past joys and sorrows were forgotten in this supreme happiness. Then came a day which seemed longer than all the year together. At its close they led him into the dark- ened room where his wife lay, and she said softly: See your little son . The man wept for joy, and said: Now I know that here is the Land of Heart's Desire! But his wife smiled and said: Perhaps, but wait and see l VI Many years went by, with their good or bad fortune. There was happiness, when live strong, handsome children, home for the holidays, filled the house with youthful shouts and laughter: there was sadness, when they stood by the grave of the sweet, patient wife and mother. So the man grew older, seeing his children go from him out into worlds of their own, and interests in which he had no share. The end came at last, and he knew that his time had come. As he lay quietly waiting, he looked back over the long, weary years, and his eternal search for the Land of Heart's Desire, and then forward, and he cried aloud: I understand now! The Land of Heart's Desire! -Dorothy Whilney, '14.' 99