St Margarets Academy - Dayseye Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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“Is there anybody there? said the Traveler, Knocking on the moonlit door

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The Theme of Our 1935 Dayfsye The Listeners Walter De La Mare Is there anybody there? said the Traveler, Knocking on the moonlit door; And his horse in the silence champed the grasses Of the forest's ferny floor; And a bird flew out of the turret. Above the Traveler’s head; And he smote upon the door again a second lime; Is there anybody there?” he said. But no one descended to the Traveler; No head from the leaf-fringed sill Leaned over and looked into his grey eyes, Where he stood perplexed and still. But only a host of phantom listeners That dwelt in the lone house then Stood listening in the quiet of the moonlight To that voice from the world of men; Stood thronging the faint moonbeams on the dark stair, That goes down to the empty hall, Hearkening in an air stirred and shaken By the lonely Traveler's call. And he felt in his heart their strangeness, Their stillness answering his cry, While his horse moved, cropping the dark turf, 'Neath the starred and leafy sky; For He suddenly smote on the door, even Louder; and lifted his head— Tell them I came, and no one ansnered, That I kept my word.” he said. Never the least stir made the listeners, Tho every word he spake Fell echoing thru the shadowiness of the still house From the one man left awake. Ay, they heard his foot upon the stirrup, And the sound of iron on stone, And how the silence surged softly backward, When the plunging hoofs were gone.

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The Listeners Mary Bernard, ’35 Thus far, during our high school career, we hare been fortunate enough to be listeners to the beautiful voice of a Catholic education. If we have been attentive listeners, we have gained much that is of great value. When we leave St. Margaret's, what path of travel in the world shall we follow? No matter which way we may go, let us open our senses to the worthy things in life, those that will lead us upward, until we have reached the topmost rung on the ladder of real success. May we always have a yearning for the splendid ex-periences which lie before us, which will make us more learned in the ways of the world. in order that we too may instruct those who follow after us how to be good listeners to the voice of the Almighty Adviser and Greatest Teacher—God.