Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1917 — DREAMING—No. 2 [ARTICLE]

DREAMING—No. 2

I saw a little flower, That grew in a desert land, And miles around its humble home Was a waste of burning sand. No living human being Had ever seen its face, Until by chance I spied it Within that desert place. And still it bloomed and blossomed. And its fragrance filled the air, With no one there to love it, Or give it kindly care; And I murmured to myself that day Its work has been well done, For the world is better that it lived And so its race is run. It bowed its head in meekness, And soon had passed away, Its petals and its stamens Had turned to earthly clay. I saw its beauty vanish That day at set of sun, But reason whispered to me, Its work has just begun.

—A. D. BABCOCK,

August 28, 1917.