From The Birmingham Age Herald, October 6, 1914. By Folger McKinsey.
A poem in the wind,
A song in the sea;
A dream in the sun,
A hymn on the lea;
A bird in the sky,
A laugh in the morn;
A heaven nearby
And the gold in the corn.
A wine in the blood,
A fire in the heart;
A will in the soul
To be doing one’s part;
A place in the world
For the effort and zeal
That ring with the joy
Of the righteous and real.
A dawn in the vale,
A flame on the steep;
A fire in the maple,
A mist on the deep;
A lilt and a lyric,
A shout and a word;
A streak of red wine
On the breast of a bird.