MYSTERY IN THE DAWN

Dark wraps of night
yet clothe a slumbering earth,
When sly as cats,
black massive mountains rise
And silhouetted
line the eastern skies;
Deep waters watch
the stirring stellar hearth.
There is a constant kindling,
a bursting birth,
That swells and flares
till in sublime array
Red heavens blaze
above that crest-lined way,
And gloomy night
takes flight from fiery mirth.
Lo! how earth
bathes in warm suffusing rays.
All fields and forests,
hills and valleys bask,
While rivers glitter
like a red, rich wine;
Rocks, trees, and sheep stand mute
as crimson sprays;
But man's heart leaps
in rapturous wonder back
To Scarlet Streams
that poured from Light Divine!
(l956-l957)

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S.V.O. Fight Song
Cheer, cheer for old S.V.O.
Wake up the echoes cheering her name.
Send a mighty cheer on high,
Shake down the thunder from the sky.
What if the odds be great or small
Old S.V.O.will win over all,
While her loyal sons go marching
Onward to victory!




HYMN TO ST. VINCENT
(sung at S.V.O.)

We greet you, dear St. Vincent,
Apostle of the poor.
What countless trials and labors
In Life did you endure?
Now to your throne in heaven ascend,
Your benediction on us send,
In joy, in pain, till life is o'er,
Protect us now and evrmore,
Then lead us safe to heaven's shore.



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