Williams High School - Messalonskee Ripple Yearbook (Oakland, ME)

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30 THE MESSALONSKEE RIPPLIZ REMINISCING Once in a lonely cottage near the sea, There lived a lonely fisherman-and me. The waves would crash on the beach at night While the wild geese lamented their weary flight. When morning came, the scene t would change. A ship would pass, blown off its range By the wind the night before, While high in the sky the gulls would soa1'. The cottage is gone, the iisherman, too. I go there sometimes where the Wild wind blew, And stand by his humble grave for prayer Happy that he's in a land so fair. N1211. COLLAR, '4-3 ,T..-0,1.i DAYS When days are dark and dreary, Nothing is too cheery For most of us. When days are bright and sunny, Everything is funny For some of us. Now that we've taken both days- Know the feeling both ways-- It's clear to us- That life is none too happy, Sometimes not too snappy For any of us. AGNES LEATIIERS, '42 NINETY FOURS Years ago in the ninety fours, When hearts were kind as never before, That was the time when things got done- Now 'tis said they were only begun. When the fiery sun sank from their sight, And clothed the land in a pale pink light, People stopped work and said, Amen Another day has come to an end. Though some of them went out at night, By eight o'clock they came back all right. Those were the days that now are o'er- I wish I'd lived in the ninety fours. FRED IlADD, '41 . .0., THE BIBLE I have a book that's dear to me. Its stories all are true, And one should read it every day Until he's read it through. It tells how Jesus made the world Each day until the last, And how he rested without work Until the seventh was past. It tells us then how Jonah Was swallowed by the whale, And Daniel in the lion's den- But Jesus did not fail. This book that is so dear to me, No doubt you know it too. But if you don't, I hope you'l1 strive To read it till you do. LILLIAN F1vLu:n, '42

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