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Show . MY ROSARY. (An original poem written for The Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain .Catholic, and dedicated to the Sisters of the Holy Cross in Utah, by Miss Helen May Irwin, whose poems and prose writings are meeting with a gracious reception from eastern reviewers.) Only a chapLet of ruby beads. Strung on a chain of gold, Each bead tells of a Heart that bleeds For hearts that have grown cold. Forgetful hearts! Worldly hearts! In a world' of fleeting show. Ungrateful hearts! Distrustful hearts! Surging to and fro. Only a chaplet of ruby beads. Strung on a chain of gold, , Each bead tells of a Heart that bleeds For hearts that will not unfold: Faithless. hearts! Traitorous hearts! Where ignoble deeds are born. Turbulent hearts! Disloyal hearts! That every mercy scorn. Only a chaplet of. ruby beads. Strung on a chain "of gold. Each bead tells of a Heart that bleeds For hearts without the fold: Sin-stained hearts! Wilful hearts! On the ramparts of despair, Wavering hearts! Deceptive hearts! We find them everywhere. Only a chaplet of ruby beads, Strung on a golden chain, Each bead tells of a Heart that pleads For the heart's return again. Pleads at morn, pleads at even', In the watches of the night, Pleads and promises forgiveness. Till the grey dawn's early light. Only a chaplet of ruby beads. Strung on a golden chain, Each bead tells of a Heart's great love, And a welcome home again: . Where the contrite heart shall find surcease From the agonies of despair, In the limpid depths of Eternal Love, God's mercy is everywhere. - HELEN MAT IRWIN. Fort Wayne, Ind. |