If we, sore-stricken, saw but seven?

Kind Shepherd, as of old Thou’lt run

And fold at need a straggling one.

CONVENT ECHOES

By Helen Louise Moriarty

Clear on the air, their pulsing cadence pealing,

I hear a sweet refrain,

While o’er my thoughts a gentle mist is stealing,

And mem’ries come again,

Of quiet halls where dusk is slow descending,