To: M.A.

"I would that I were dead and laid with you with covering earth and starry daisies spread. I would that I could lie so still as you. Then heavy heart would cease this mournful cry. I would my empty han..."

"O silence and sweet Solitude I seek thee here, It's here I kneel and pray, It's here I learn to say, "Not mine, O Lord the way Grant me Thy peace." O love and sweet Charity I seek thee here. To God I..."

"Bell and candle, Monk and Book All within some cloistered nook. Music stealing Voices sweet Sound of slowly moving feet. Holy quiet In the air Pleading voices whisper prayer. Red bricked churches Ha..."

"No time to sit and weep No time to cry For I have work to do. What though the wound goes deep, No time to sit and weep.Sorrow will have to sleep While I have work to do. The tears that blind my eyes ..."

"Marching on thro' deathless ages Prophets, Teachers, Fools, and Sages Men who lost thier lives in glory Writing on thier death-bed gory Page on page of heros story. These are they who go before us. Th..."