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Excerpt from Academic Annual, 1920 My Song of Gratitude Mary Purman. Fourth Academic. How lovely nature mirrors Thee, O Lord! Like crystal lakes reflect the stately swan; From morn 'till eve, from eve 'lilt blushing dawn, Thy beauties here, like tones of sweetest chord, Entrance my wonder-stricken soul, With soaring thoughts that must extol: "O God, for joys and love of nature given, I send my gratitude to Thee in Heaven." I watched an oriole among the sprays, Where sunlight blazed and sparkled with delight, It hopped, then soared, and from its airy flight, Alighted midst the beams to sing its lays. For sun and spring it trilled its note - A love-chant from its swelling throat To God, Who had instilled within its breast, A portion of that love He gave the blest. This songster has my dormant spirit taught The debt I owe. My song so tightly sealed Within my heart before, now lies revealed - A song for Christ's brave army, who has sought The hill of Holy Cross severe, Perfection's height, yet know not fear. O zealous bearers of the Banner white, May God forever lead you with His light! A humble leader reigns with queenly grace, Whose most submissive soul embraced God's call To guard us like a mother, lest we fall, Along that road where sin we must efface. O dearest Lord, behold our thought, For words have failed, our souls o'erfraught With gratitude to Thee, Who kindly sent, A mother-lone that never is forspent! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.