| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | January 15 | | A Thought | | By John Hall Ingham (1860–1931) |
| | | | Suggested by the death of Fanny Kemble, January 15, 1893. |
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THE SOUL of Man, evolving more and more | |
| Life’s deeper meaning, slights the outer round | |
| Of mere display. The thrill that tells the ground | |
| Spring is above and Winter’s bondage o’er, | |
| The melodies that ripple on the shore,— | 5 |
| Awake emotions stormy and profound | |
| As in the savage breast the thunderous sound | |
| Of avalanches or the earthquake’s roar. | |
| Thus she in whom men’s memories rejoice | |
| Forsook the mimic stage nor could endure | 10 |
| The noisy mockeries that so arouse | |
| The raptures of the mob.—In that one voice | |
| More sweetly sang the birds on Arden’s boughs, | |
| More fiercely raged the madness of the Moor. | | | |
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