Happy New Year

The Books That I Have Loved

I see the books that I have loved

All primly set arow

In ordered line, and locked away

While seasons come and go.

The magic of their printed names

Behind the polished glass

Will lay no subtle spell upon

The casual ones who pass.

No one will heed the penciled line

Nor leave his task to mark

Their dog-eared pages shut away

And singing in the dark.

                Jessie St. John, 1931

                                                  

                                                                                                                   Thanks, Melinda!