University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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FROM STATIE BY ELIZABETH XEY 1

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DAVID CROCKETT Santa Anna, when you sle ' Th« Freemen of the Alamo, The Soul you thought so to subdue Leajjed forth to Statehood at your blow I The blood that whelms your Spanish name Upf loats the Alamo to Fame ; And from that crimson wave U} whirled The hardy Crockett hails the world. .. !. J amberlin. L m

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THE aEAlACH roR rm ALI AHn T ITH flame and cnicible and faith. Within his little cave of stone, From day to day, he works alway Upon his search, alone. And through the years and years helkeeps Thus constant to his ancient quest : And men pa.ss by, and smile, and say: He seeks the Alkahest. The secret is a secret still. Though age has turned his hair to gray. But age turns not the constant will That urged him yesterday. And still the secret, like the fires That o ' er the meadow marshes run, Doth lead him, famished with desires, Forever on and on. Oh, heart of man ! Oh, sacred quest ! That will not let hini pause or stay. The Holy Grail or Alkahest— What matter what he seeks alway ? A foolish man, a crazy knight — These be to tho.se with custom dull ; But they who seek the larger light Find here a parable. - . A ' . Taylor. 3 .