Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The Reason

Do you know what moves the tides
    As they swing from low to high?
'Tis the love, love, love,
    Of the moon within the sky.
Oh, they follow where she guides,
Do the faithful hearted tides.

Do you know what moves the earth
    Out of winter into spring?
'Tis the love, love, love,
    Of the sun, the mighty king.
Oh, the rapture that finds birth,
In the kiss of sun and earth.

Do you know what makes sweet songs
    Ring for me above earth's strife?
'Tis the love, love, love,
    That you bring into my life,
Oh, the glory of the songs
In the heart where love belongs. 

1. The Birth of the Orchid
2. The Black Charger
3. At Set of Sun
4. The Call (All wantonly in hours of joy)
5. Be Not Attached

Norman Gale The Reason ("Now why did Arthur Hoare pull out")

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