"John" Dillard was named after her father John Levi London. He wanted a son I guess, but had two daughters.
A POEM
Dillard London, 1909, Northside High School, Fort Smith, Arkansas
I stood upon a lonely cliff and watched
The waves dash high upon a rocky shore,
Beating with mighty force, but all in vain,
The rocks stood firm and silent as before.
And then I thought of lives which I have known,
Of weary, nerve-racked souls who fought in vain,
Thinking with their frail force to break the rock
In which grim destiny doth reign.
A POEM
Dillard London, 1909, Northside High School, Fort Smith, Arkansas
I stood upon a lonely cliff and watched
The waves dash high upon a rocky shore,
Beating with mighty force, but all in vain,
The rocks stood firm and silent as before.
And then I thought of lives which I have known,
Of weary, nerve-racked souls who fought in vain,
Thinking with their frail force to break the rock
In which grim destiny doth reign.
"John" Dillard was named after her father John Levi London. He wanted a son I guess, but had two daughters.
A POEM
Dillard London, 1909, Northside High School, Fort Smith, Arkansas
I stood upon a lonely cliff and watched
The waves dash high upon a rocky shore,
Beating with mighty force, but all in vain,
The rocks stood firm and silent as before.
And then I thought of lives which I have known,
Of weary, nerve-racked souls who fought in vain,
Thinking with their frail force to break the rock
In which grim destiny doth reign.
A POEM
Dillard London, 1909, Northside High School, Fort Smith, Arkansas
I stood upon a lonely cliff and watched
The waves dash high upon a rocky shore,
Beating with mighty force, but all in vain,
The rocks stood firm and silent as before.
And then I thought of lives which I have known,
Of weary, nerve-racked souls who fought in vain,
Thinking with their frail force to break the rock
In which grim destiny doth reign.
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