1921 Cedrus Yearbook

1921 A SUMMER EVENING A crescent moon,a lonely star; A faint flush in the West; A whispering wind among the leaves; God's world at rest. A drowsy child in tender arms; A sleepy chirping in the nest; A distant bleat of baby lambs; God's world at rest. L. A. D. A DAY DREAM I know that the distant hills are blue With the kiss of the sunny sky. I know that the shade is deep and cool, And the white-tipped clouds sail by. I know that the emerald vales dip low To the edge of the winding stream Where the pale blue flags of the Southland grow And the silver minnows gleam. And there, in the heart of the fairest vale, Like a jewel that shines apart; With the hands of fancy that cannot fail I have builded the home of my heart. Oh,naught but Love and the summer breeze Ever cross its sacred shrine, And the blessings of Heaven, sweetly rests On this little dream-home of mine. L. A. D. THE DEPARTURE The summer days had slipped unnoticed past While Life and Death were hovering near his bed. His spirit wandered in those regions vast That border on the land of all earth's dead. With falling leaves his wondering soul returned, And reason shone from out his sunken eyes, Where love and sorrow and strange knowledge burned For now he knew things hidden from the wise. Then dimly shining through his pain he saw A boat upon a river blue and deep The Boatman at the helm was beckoning, So, wearily he sighed and fell asleep. L. A. D. 47