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Old tales of valour fire our blood	A
But this the bravest deed I know	B
Is written of our modern times	C
No myth of long ago	B
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It was a convent grim and grey	D
Whose vine clad balconies looked down	E
On stately old Colonial homes	F
Of a fair Southern town	E
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And daughters of those grand old homes	F
Dwelt humble Nuns within its shade	G
Serving their Lord with zealous hearts	H
Joyous and unafraid	G
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From the dear Rectress staid and old	I
To the small novice whose sweet eyes	J
Held the soft blue of Mary s cloak	K
Or flowers of Paradise	L
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Peaceful and holy ran their lives	M
Hallowed by sacrifice and prayer	N
Until one summer day did come	O
A fateful message there	N
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A letter from a brave young Priest	P
The Rectress nephew who long while	Q
Had toiled alone mid leper folk	K
In a West Indian Isle	Q
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The horrors of that festering hell	R
He told Ah There were women there	N
Deep sunk in suffering and in sin	S
Who needed women s care	N
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The good Nun read with blanching face	T
And well her wisdom could divine	U
The cry for help he dared not ask	V
The breathed in every line	U
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She could not bid her daughters loved	W
Such awful sacrifice to make	X
But should one feel impelled to give	Y
Her life for Jesus sake	X
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I ll place She said this silver box	Z
Before the chapel alter where	N
Such one may place her name therein	S
In quiet and secret there	N
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The convent was a silent place	T
For all that long long summer day	D
Though in the garden old the bees	A2
Hummed round nasturtiums gay	D
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But tasks were done and prayers were said	B2
In thoughtful silence faithfully	C2
The merry little novice e en	D2
Went slowly and solemnly	C2
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A thing of fate the little box	Z
Lay bright upon the alter stair	N
The silver lamp before Our Lord	E2
Shone on it sparkling there	N
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Next morn they waited after Mass	F2
To hear the chaplain grave proclaim	G2
On opening the casket there	N
If it held any name	G2
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And in the rear a little group	H2
Off anxious fathers mothers pale	I2
Who knew the story of the box	Z
Waited to hear the tale	I2
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Oh Wondrous faith of Peter s fold	I
That can such fruitage bear	N
The little box was very full	J2
No name was missing there	N
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From the dear Rectress staid and old	I
To the small novice who bright eyes	J
Mirrored the blue of Mary s cloak	K
Of flowers of Paradise	L

Alice Guerin Crist

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