<h2> The Singing Girl </h2>
<h3> (For the Rev. Edward F. Garesche, S. J.) </h3>
<p>There was a little maiden<br/>
In blue and silver drest,<br/>
She sang to God in Heaven<br/>
And God within her breast.<br/>
<br/>
It flooded me with pleasure,<br/>
It pierced me like a sword,<br/>
When this young maiden sang: "My soul<br/>
Doth magnify the Lord."<br/>
<br/>
The stars sing all together<br/>
And hear the angels sing,<br/>
But they said they had never heard<br/>
So beautiful a thing.<br/>
<br/>
Saint Mary and Saint Joseph,<br/>
And Saint Elizabeth,<br/>
Pray for us poets now<br/>
And at the hour of death.<br/></p>
<p><SPAN name="link2H_4_0015" id="link2H_4_0015"></SPAN></p>
<br/>
<div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />
