Nursing Diary no.2 - 6 April 1924-February 1926

Forget thyself and all thy woes Put out each feverish light, The stars are watching overhead, Sleep sweet - Good night - Good night. -Ha. James & I went to Lewis this PM & the two Browns & I went to Allins to night. Rather giddy. But halfdays don't come very often. -Buckie & I had started "cold plunges" in the ams. and they are most refreshing, Spring surely must be nearly here. The birds sing just outside our window every morning And the sun is up as soon as we are.

Tuesday April 8. 24 I am fevered [line over lowercase c symbol for with] the sunset I am fretful with the bay For the wanderlust is on me And my soul is in Cathay. ----------- There's a Schooner in the offing With her topsails shot [line above lowercase c, symbol for with] fire And my heart has gone aboard her For the Islands of Desire.

I must forth again to-morrow With the sunset I must be Hull down on the trail of Rapture In the wonder of the sea.

Let there be many windows to your soul. That all the glory of the universe May beautify it. Not the narrow pane Of one poor creed can catch the radiant rays That shine from countless sources. Tear away The blinds of superstition; let the light Pour through fair windows broad as truth itself, As high as God

Ella Wheeler

As a tired Mother, when the day is o'er Leads by the hand her little child to bed, Half willing, half reluctant to be led, And leaves her broken play things on the floor, Still gazing at them through the open door, Nor wholly reassured & comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which tho' more splendid, may not please him more, So nature deals[line over lowercase c, symbol for with] us & takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand Lead us to rest so gently that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown transcends the what we know Longfellow

A gush of bird song, a patter of dew, A cloud, and a rainbow's warning, suddenly sunshine & perfect blue An April day in the morning. ---------------------------------- Life! we've been long together Thro' pleasant & thro' cloudy weather; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear---- Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh - a tear Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time; Say not Good Night, but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning