. Mary Baldwin Seminary Bluestocking 1903 . The Iris Lily. Thou rainbow promise-token,Thou angel-flower of light, Thy royal purple laid aside, Thou donnest robes of white. Thy errand, gentle Spirit, Whence comest thou, I pray? Down Heavens many-tinted bowDidst thou pursue thy way ?. Gods message I am bringing To hearts all wrapt in gloom, A gladsome one of hope and life beyond the tomb. Her Portrait. Dear portrait, last sweet memory of her,The shining light, and queen of other days,— Thourt faded now, and she has faded too,Has vanished from my love-enraptured gaze. Poor little portrait,
. Mary Baldwin Seminary Bluestocking 1903 . The Iris Lily. Thou rainbow promise-token,Thou angel-flower of light, Thy royal purple laid aside, Thou donnest robes of white. Thy errand, gentle Spirit, Whence comest thou, I pray? Down Heavens many-tinted bowDidst thou pursue thy way ?. Gods message I am bringing To hearts all wrapt in gloom, A gladsome one of hope and life beyond the tomb. Her Portrait. Dear portrait, last sweet memory of her,The shining light, and queen of other days,— Thourt faded now, and she has faded too,Has vanished from my love-enraptured gaze. Poor little portrait, do you think that youCould catch the glimmer of her beauty rare. And show the whiteness of her satin skin,Or burnished tinting of her golden hair ? O little rose, the happy life you led! You lived and died within her perfumed was Gods flower, and blooms again for him. Perhaps you, too, have been transplanted there. Marie Clarke Brunson. To Mr. H. L. Lang, to Mr. AristaHoge, to Mr. H. D. Murray, and to Shultz, who kindly offered prizesrespedtively, for the best story, the bestessay, the best poem, and the bestdrawing for the Bluestocking of 1903,the editors extend hearty thanks, alsoto the judges who made the decisions. The prize for the best story, TheS
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