StNicholas [serial] . AFTER THE STORM. BY MADELEINE DAHLGREN, AGE 14. BY DOROTHY STARR, AGE 13 Seeking the Answer, yet knowing it hopeless to my musings are shattered; the primitive soul,Bursting the bond of the centuries, shrieks to the wind ;Show me the Force that is driving you swift on your way,Crying the message that vainly I strive to translate! Oh, to fling open the window, and into the nightLeap, and, upheld with you, follow you out of the world,Knowing the things that ye know, yetthat never ye speak,Knowing the problem is solvable somewhere, and thenLaying me down with you
StNicholas [serial] . AFTER THE STORM. BY MADELEINE DAHLGREN, AGE 14. BY DOROTHY STARR, AGE 13 Seeking the Answer, yet knowing it hopeless to my musings are shattered; the primitive soul,Bursting the bond of the centuries, shrieks to the wind ;Show me the Force that is driving you swift on your way,Crying the message that vainly I strive to translate! Oh, to fling open the window, and into the nightLeap, and, upheld with you, follow you out of the world,Knowing the things that ye know, yetthat never ye speak,Knowing the problem is solvable somewhere, and thenLaying me down with you where ye are silent at last. THE FIRST SNOW-STORM BY RUTH LIVINGSTON (AGE 9) A posy in a garden stood, Its head all bended low;Its leaves each had a little hood Of newly-fallen snow. My work is oer, the posy said,My winter sleep is flowers, every one have fledAnd I alone am here. : Dear Snowflake, cover meat lastAnd call your comradeshere,Then warm and snugthrough winters blast,No cold or storms I 11fear. The
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