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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEMPER PLUS ULTRA, by MARION PELTON GUILD
First Line: Through the storm - and beyond!
Last Line: O, but the heart must sing!
Subject(s): Wellesley College
First Line: Through the storm - and beyond!
Last Line: O, but the heart must sing!
Subject(s): Wellesley College
THROUGH the storm -- and beyond!
When the crystal air is heaven's own wine,
Vital with breezes, all divine
With the refluent glory of gleam and shine; --
O, but the heart must sing!
Through the pain -- and beyond!
When the pulses swell with the incoming flow
Of the tide of life that had ebbed so low,
And the dawn of a richer youth's aglow; --
O, but the heart must sing!
Through the loss -- and beyond!
When the unguessed gain asserts its power,
And the soul that faltered in failure's hour
Knows itself and its deathless dower; --
O, but the heart must sing!
Through the grief -- and beyond!
When God, who hid the beloved face,
Folds His child in His own embrace,
And an angel is felt in the vacant place; --
O, but the heart must sing!
Through the sin -- and beyond!
When the fetters have fall'n by the open door,
And the spirit stands upright once more,
And the balm of Christ has healed the sore; --
O, but the heart must sing!
Through despair -- and beyond!
Thou God of God and Light of Light,
To Thee, in Thy mercy infinite,
In Thy tested strength and Thy proven might, --
O, but the heart must sing!
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