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THE INFLUENCE OF A SONG

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 25, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 8.

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THE INFLUENCE OF A SONG.

By Clara J. Denton

A MAIDEN sat within the door And sang as many times before. A man to daily toil passed by, No love nor pleasure lit his eye, But when he heard the merry song He whistled as he went along.
A woman by the window wept For one who in the churchyard slept, But when upon her hearing fell That tune she knew and loved so well, The flood of burning tears was stayed, And soon a song her lips essayed.
Her neighbor heard the tender strain, And softly joined the sweet refrain. Thus all day long that one song bore Its joyousness from door to door.
—Clara J. Denton.