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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MASONRY, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY Poet's Biography
First Line: I have a secret in my happy heart
Last Line: For that sweet secret in the heart of me!
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: I have a secret in my happy heart
Last Line: For that sweet secret in the heart of me!
Subject(s): Mothers
I HAVE a secret in my happy heart—
I walk as though to music heard afar!
And sunshine is about me as I go—
Of God's great plan I feel myself a part!
My secret, too, has made me very wise—
I know how Mary felt when angels came
To tell her of the glory to be hers—
How glad her heart, though tears were in her eyes!
I know her anguish, too, on Calvary—
The sorrows of the mothers of the world
Are also mine! And how they pay, in tears,
The toll of all their joy is known to me!
But ah, that joy is now a part of me!
And I go singing ... singing on my way—
The masonry of motherhood is mine
For that sweet secret in the heart of me!
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