| LIFE is a drama, and the world about
Contributes to the glory of its scenes. Oh, glorious life indeed is that of man! Each day presents to view some happy scene, Worthy the highest praise. Or else perhaps a troubled sea may rage, Terror may swell the ocean of our way; Horror may seize upon ourselves and rob Us momentarily of our brightest ray Of happiness and pride. Perchance within a single scene of all The stages, or the various parts we play, Some terrible or e'en unholy act Be done, while impure things we say Beneath strong passion's power. Yet in the main each scene throughout the play Is filled with sunshine and the finest showers; Each act as but the planting of some grain To quicken and burst forth with blooming flowers, And ripest fruits of love. Fruit born to bless our patient toil and care, The rich reward to bless the laborer's brow, To prosper here with all and give us hope To live, to do, and all our race endow With blessings that we've been. __James A. DeMoss |
Kansas Zephyrs
James A. DeMoss
(Thayer, Kansas: ___. 1892)
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