Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1901 — AWAKENING. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AWAKENING.

JMsatfon of new Me Is everywhere. Awakened music trembles in the air, , Chanting of streams, soft melody of rain, And with a sweet faint gladness all astir, Subtle as scent of ambergris and myrrh, My heart, my heart is singing once again! Chia earliest hope ( this dawning of delight Forth flutters timidly, as in despite Of fears that silenced be its broken strain; Tremulous ever is the dearest joy, And babbling sweeter that its mood is eoy. My heart, my heasC is singing ones , Im

Burdened it was in the dark season sped. Methought keen ecstasy forever fled, That quick’ning must be somewhat kin to pain; But now it wakes in qniv’ring monotone, It thrills, that in my bosom slept a stone, My - heart, my heart is singing once again! The lilies their white chalices uplift, And lute-like voices on the light wind drift, Breathing in cadence musical refrain; *Neath sunshine’s genial glamour scents far-flung Partakes of sacred odors censer-swung. My heart, my heart is singing once again! —Beatrice Clayton, in Philadelphia Ledger.