1958 Yearbook

1958 Yearbook

There are plans that I must draw.
Then let this timid hand of mine
Be guided, line for line,
With that steady, certain trueness
Of the Hand that planned
This universe.
There are materials I must choose.
Then let this casual mind of mine
Choose with the wisdom of the Mind
That fixed the substances
Of things like grass and trees
And mountain peaks.
There are decisions I must make.
Then let me make them with that sureness
That divided land and sea,
And day and night, the birds that fly
And beasts that roam the field.

I've a future I must build

There's a determination I must have.
Then let me bind myself unto such things
As principles, and truth, and right
With that same permanence
That holds in their celestial places
The sun, and stars,
And all the heavens' gems.
I've a future I must build.
So, let me build it with such care,
Such tools, such wisdom,
And with such a rugged firmness,
That all the fiercest thrusts
Of host or elements
Cannot destroy it.
Aye, I've a future I must build . . .
Let me rise, then, to the task!
John Deere . Moline . Illinois

St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803

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