Show STUDENT LIFE & FEBRUARY 1903 0 JACK'S GIRL BT ANNIE PIKE I often wished that I could be A Sorceress of the Nile To lure a Julius o’er the sea An Antony beguile To float in flowered barge and be The ocean’s fairest pearl — Ilut when Jack says I’m fair to see I’d rather be Jack’s girl I often ished that I could be An author called the leading To have the critics all agree My books w ere w orth the reading To live a spinster staid and old To banish frill and curl — But when Jack laughs and takes my w hand I’d rather be Jack’s girl I often wished the world might know' All beauty to be mine That suitors then would worship so They could not leave my shrine To have young nobles cast and west For me leave Fashion’s whirl But w hen Jack says he loves me best — I’d rather be Jack’s girl! I CANNOT PRAY BY ANNIE PIKE I cannot pray tonight — there is no prayer Within my heart ’tis only numbness there It seems as though my life were standing still I have no power I have no will To pray: I murmur “Father” and “Amen” no wish And try to pray but say the same again Dull aching and contented discontent — Oh that in common tears it might be spent I What does it matter that my pearls were sand? I cannot pray but God will understand ’ |