University of Richmond - Web Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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2 fe'+B3wf? ? Not Purposeless l sat one day where the breezes blew, A song that only the forest lfncwg The stately pines and the nodding oalg A language strange and mystic spolfe: l listened a while and softly said- While the sun shone flown on my mossy bed- mlnrees of the forest turned to the slip. Who planted you here on the hill, and why? Then the mystic music mellon: came, l A silent, fitful sigh: You aslg me for my father's name. You aslf the reason why? On the lop of a hill, in a dark-some wood The Spirit planted me here for good! l looked for a while at the placid breast Of the lisping lalfe in silence dressed: The birds dipped down on its cooling tide, The lilies lwrighl on its shoulder ride: The spring sang its song as it came from the moss. And the vine crept up where the branches crossed l loalferl for a moment. then asiged with a thrill: Nloalfe, what mission have you to fill? The life on my shore is wild and free And it needs the help I give: lsend my stream to the surging sen. l help the ocean live. l am nature's mirror and home and food, And the Spirit planted me here for good! The years have fled and the day forgot When the woodland told me of what was :mtg Now that which was not had come to be - No more calm lalfe and singing tree: A But storied wall and stately tower Rose over the place of nature's laower. The night was spangled with stars of man, And an army marched through the streets of Ban. How came you here, fair college old? Anil the clarlf 'walls made reply: I am food to the faint and warmth to the cold, And l draw my dew from the sky. l reach to the sea and l glass the wood. For the huilder built me here for good! By R. L. Buusum ll - Tr? --. CD.:-1'-f -UR 'c E i', Q ec.. C-L Q, C- JJ y-is 'AH Jl 16:b xx' --

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