The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-03-07

thought in portion OF his Ideal
World" thusly;
While thou hOpest, music fills the air,
While thOu rememberest, life re-
clothes the clod,
Whilst thou can'st feel the electric
charm of prayer,
Breathe but thought and be soul
with God.
Let not these forms Of matter bound
thine eye,
tie who the vauIshrg point Of HUI
man things
Lifts from the landscape-Iost amidst
the sky,
Has found the Ideal which the poet
sings
Has pierced the pail around the
SENSES thrown,
And is himself II poet tho unknown.
Sweet indeed are these thoughts,
and as we pause and dwell upon
their meaning we see their beauty III
their trueness. What boon IS this,
that lifts man out Of the avenues Of
daily life and uninterrupted routine
of duties it lifts the gray veil from
destiny. Who Of us, rs we read the
lives of some favorlte poet, have not
felt the quickening pulsations Of the
heart, and an echo to the poets
thought? Some lines suggested u
long cherished hope, stimulated the
longing and by renewing the desires
sweep away less nobler thoughts and
aspirations by presenting in all its
purity, our noble aspiration.
Perhaps the poets hand may point
to time away back in our lives, a
time for moment forgotten, sweet
scenes of youth, happenings OF our
childhood. Our very hearts are
stirred and from the depths there
comes song; il shaded by sorrows
shadow, the song has the soft subdue-
ing music of memory's tears that
melt the sterner man and for the
time, if not longer, there Gibbs and
flows the tenderest feelings and emo
ton Memory stores many and va
rious gems of thought, of action aud
environment, that when called forth,
by enthroned reason will form poem
to suit the mood, whose metre will
be regulated by the evenness of ones
life. What is more unpleasant thar
q harsh, dscordant poem that CRATES
upon the more refined senses|
In the mind Of every man there II
hall of memory, stored by actions
and thoughts Of the individual. Their
If the poem of your trials and sue
cesses needs must be written, TIT
matter culled from memory's store
house, the metre from the mode o
living, let yours be life of purit.
and nobeness and your manner o
living be of sweetest and harmoniou
regularity.
He who has not felt the electri
thrill Of prayer, who never has BEEF
asoul with God" has lost the sweet
est Of unaritten poems, has lost al
ecstacy of feeling that comes alon
from God, has lost that grand up
lifting of the human soul by the d
vine hand.
Prayer is praise, is alteration, !
poem is the pralsing, is the adoratio
of the human by the human. Praye
is the striking Of the richer chords @
the harp of the finer feelings, whic
in vibrating, form, sweet sounds q
songs making Que grand harmoDiou
song aud making man a poet.
communion of human with divin,
that bears the soul on winged me.
sengers to the throne of grace, pur
i,ing en- | Strengthening mans noble
better SELF
Married
A large number of friends gathert
at the home OF MIR. 5. Wllfier to WI
ness the nuptials of Mr.. Morr
Groner OF this city, to Miss Ola
Willier Of Benton. The groom is 1
estimable young man reared in tn
4 city, and has chosen one of Benton
fairest flowers as his compa
ion throgh life. May theirs be Ii
OF happiness and prosperity.
M
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