The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
THROUGH LIES DOOR WAYS.
Written for The Washington HezldJ

Written for The Washington He1ld.)
The Girl.
In her sweet glance there was change
full light.
Ane her red mouth smiled even IN
repose.
Into her guileless spirit came wild hopes
That left no whitening trace, but sped on
Fen az tho shadows on an eagles wing
Darkens a sun bright valley,
As the breeze is tremuious IN the trees
Life at her heart made music,
Like as 10 the unfolding of a flower,
Her beings growth.
Her brow was as the forehead Of a saint
Her sigh sent some upwinged thought
To Heaven.
AS a captive stands vacantly gazing
AT the world without thro' barred prison
doors
SO looked her soul. thro' blue. holy eyes
Ger which the white lids dropped
AS lilies Toll against the swell OF waves
The Woman.
Womanhood came.
Life streamed into her as sap
Rises into trees II the cali OF spring
Across her soul flashed the signal of
passion,
Warm and soft as the FIRST wind OF
summer
She trembled. fearful OF treason
To the love that fulfilled her,
And her soft eyes dreamily stared
AS tho they sought the happy country
Where she would find Ter soul
Every dream It's gos amer wings I'M
folding
Warmed her spirits sunshine that pos
sessed the wealth
That would enrich a mans life
With lips lightly parted and eyes of
one seeking,
She stood face 10 face with the love
she knew not, and DER her came
Trouble ana wonder pallor and trembling
And so, sad and sweet, her world grew
All too narrow for her yearning heart
Thus she waits for the glorious mys-
teries
That meekly she hath told her soul
On the rosary OF her girlhood years.
The Boy.
He had strange Teveries that made
His life shadOwy ike a dream
He loved quaint romances and bits
OF passionate verse that brought
The FIRE 10 hts lips and mis- eyes
Grew wide and wistful ike a chiId's.
Youth still held in leash his fiery spirit
With the will 90 DO came no power,
But all loved the boy for his pride.
For pride becomes a noble spirit
+ zen as regal port doth royalty.
Pass we then the dawn OF youth
The Man.
He made his manhood IS an arch
OF triumph spanning a cOnQueTOrs path.
His step had the conscious power OF
ripper years
Men said his brain was surcharged with
thought
But he had grown captiOus and difficult
Unlike his former self. for he had sprung
Suddenly u manhood. and the life that
Had coiled lazily at hts feet leaped
ThrO his ~eins with crest up!ift
The wild world was all a Paradise
Where every tree held fruit forbidden.
He PLAYED with great things carele@sly
As a fresh wind provokes the sea 70
laughter,
Then came prayers and fasts and
penance.
The Meeting
Thro' mis- soul she came,
First Ike a nun, who, with her crucifx
BetwiXt her palms. spske softly as she
trod
Then came love and unclasped the prison
doors
Ard bade her soul 60 forth to meet him.
The robe stirred on her bosom and he
could
Mark the rosy line dividing the palms
Together laid His breath came fast
Thus she had stood in his dreams.
Her fringed ids rose slow
And eyes, filled with love and laughter,
Met his own. He bent her light form
Backward Ger his arm and looked into
Her sweet face clinging with terror
To his breast; then as his lips met hers
Her soul became blended with his
And the voice OF reason died in silence.
The Mating
Then came prelate and stoled priest
And kneeling at the shrine Of God
Their mated voices sent their vows
Like paired larks TO Heaven
And their souls went into Gods presence
Around them crept music and rich doors
On her finger he placed the marriage
ring.
A light electric thrill passed thro' them
like link
Then the sound Of many wings filled the
air
And the angels who had been holding
IN suspense
Their voices-softly chanted a cradle
hymn. ALLIE SHARPE BALCH.
La Euclid street, oct, 70, 1910.