The boy will always love it because he used to love it. There
were boys who scrambled for the right to recite "The Tournament," "The
Charge of the Light Brigade," "The Star-Spangled Banner," and so on. The
boy who was first to reach the front had the privilege. The triumph of
getting the chance to recite added to the zest of it. Will they ever
forget it?
I know Lowell's "The Finding of the Lyre." Attention, Sir Knights! See
who can learn it first as I say it to you. But I find that I have
forgotten a line of it, so you may open your books and teach it to me.
Now, I can recite every word of it. How much of it can you repeat from
memory? One boy can say it all. Nearly every child has learned the most
of it. Now, it will be easy for you to learn it alone. And Memory, the
Goddess Beautiful, will henceforth go with you to recall this happy
hour.
MARY E. BURT.
The John A. Browning School, 1904.
POEMS
CONTENTS
PART I
1. The Arrow and the Song 3
HENRY W.
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