| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| Ad Matrem Amantissimam et Carissimam Filii in Æternum Fidelitas |
| | | John Myers O’Hara |
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| WITH all the fairest angels nearest God, | |
| The ineffable true of heart around the throne, | |
| There shall I find you waiting when the flown | |
| Dream leaves my heart insentient as the clod; | |
| And when the grief-retracing ways I trod | 5 |
| Become a shining path to thee alone, | |
| My weary feet, that seemed to drag as stone, | |
| Shall once again, with wings of fleetness shod, | |
| Fare on, beloved, to find you! Just beyond | |
| The seraph throng await me, standing near | 10 |
| The gentler angels, eager and apart; | |
| Be there, near God’s own fairest, with the fond | |
| Sweet smile that was your own, and let me hear | |
| Your voice again and clasp you to my heart. | |
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