William Penn University - Quaker Yearbook (Oskaloosa, IA)

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Ellyn' Clbuukrr Across the fields of qesterdaq He sometimes comes to me, A little lad iust back from plaq- The lad 1 used to be. And qet he smiles so wistfullq Once he has crept within, 1 wonder if he hopes to see The man l might have been. ' 1 522 Fourteen

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Ullgr llluakrr Three school girls pass this waq each dag Two of them go in the flutterq waq Of girls, with all that girlhood buqsg But one goes with a dream in her eqes. Two of them have the eqes of girls lDhose hair is learning scorn of curls, But the eqes of one are like wide doors Opening out on misted shores. And they will go as theq go toclaq On to the end of life's short waqg Two will have what living bugs, And one will have the dream in her eqes. Two will die as manq must, And jitlq dust will welcome dustg But dust has nothing to do with one- She dies as soon as her dream is done. - waz 1 - Thirteen

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: Uhr QPuakrr l do not think that skies and meadows are Moral, or that the mixture of a star Comes of a quiet spirit, or that trees Have wisdom in their mindless silences. Het these are thinqs invested in mg mood lDith coustancq, and peace, and fortitude, That is my troubled season l can crq Upon the wide composure of the skq, And envq fields, and wish that lmiqht be As little daunted as a star or tree. :--- waz: 1 , . Fifteen