St Agnes Academy - Veritas Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Poetry, '45 . . . MOTHER'S HANDS Her hands are rough and finely lined. They're brown and stained, but I don't mind For in them I read so well The tale that only they can tell. Each thoughtful act, each task well done, Each joy past, each battle won, Is written there for all to see. Making those hands ever dear to me. Theyive worked for me both day and night. Theyive helped me always in this lonely fight. Life's hardest tasks seem not too hard With those dear hands near me to guard. -ALMA Buscl-I, '43 . THANK GOD O those who've gone before me O those who've lived and loved. You must know what I'm thinking, And what I'm dreaming of. You've traveled the roads of hardship, But ne'er did you complain. I've traveled the roads of freedom, And on it will I remain. Your life has been years of struggle Against the mean tricks of Fate. My life is that of leisure With a path right to my gate. You thanked God for all things, The roof, the walls, and door. We never think to thank Him, Instead we ask for more. -,IOSEPHINE FERTITTA, '43. THE TELEPHONE POLE The telephone pole stands straight and tall And never says a word at all About the message going by Along the telephone wires so high. When mother phones the grocery man To order bacon, eggs, and ham You'd think at least it would say Yum, yum, I surely wish that I had some. But never a word does the old pole say As it stands so silent day by day It must be hard not to say a word About the many things you've heard. This lesson let us all learn well The secrets of others we must not tell. It will he a profit to our soul If we all remember the telephone pole. -MARY T. RAY, '43. THERE IS NO FRIGATE LIKE A BOOK When the rain is falling like feet passing by, And there is-n't one ray of sunshine in the sky. When fire blazes on, making orange each nook Then is the time to get out a good book. When your feelings are low and you're all by yourself, There are good times and company up on the shelf. Take down a book and live with the ways, Be a part of the fun of the earlier days. Never say thereis nothing to see or to do For reading is fun and itis good for you Remember that each book on every shelf Is an unfailing source of the intellect's wealth. So store up your mind with this valuable gold Which will grow more precious as you grow old. -MARY KATHERINE BAYLESS, '43. THE RECITAL At last itis come. That dreaded day: The school recital- A chance to play! The curtain has risen. The old fear not gone. But each is determined The show must go 071. Trembling sheis seated Prepared to begin, The artist is ready White-lipped and grim. An eternity passes And now it's done. Rise and accept Your praise duly won. The piece is finished But not the work, Say, I hear there's another Recital in May! --CLARE CUSHMAN, '43. BUSY LITTLE ANTS Ten thousand little ants, and maybe a thousand more, Were coming in and going out their little doorg They marched like little soldiers, a general at the head, They did not carry guns, but only crumbs of breadj They were laying up their goodies for the cold winter days, Not like the lazy grasshopper that sings around and playsg We watch the little armyg they come and then they go: A system like the ants' would conquer any foe. -ELNA McComu:a, '43. fl-,iv sf- V:

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