--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 10 number: 5 published: 1907-03 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "The Lone Heart: A Poem," *Improvement Era* 10, no. 5 (March 1907): 371.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1005unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera1005unse start_page: 371 end_page: 371 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1907-03) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1005unse publication_year: 1907 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1907, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # The Lone Heart: A Poem THE HISTORY OF A GREAT CONTENTION. 371 years and six months' time, he dismissed from the army, without honor, a whole battalion, some of whom were admittedly innocent of the offense for which others deserve punishment. For a while it looked as if a serious difference might arise between the President and the Senate on the subject. It was rumored that Congress would pass a bill which would restore the discharged battalion to its place in the army. No question has given rise to more serious differences between the President and the country at' large than the dismissal of these colored sol- diers. While Senator Foraker's resolution merely asking that an investigation of the facts be made without reference to the Presi- dent's legal or constitutional right in the matter was passed, an investigation by the Senate may in time lead to pronounced differ- ences between that body and the President. Mr. Roosevelt's critics may be able to dig up inconsistencies. Strong men, and men in constant habit of doing things, are, as a rule, rather looking for- ward than backward; they are doing things in the light of the present and future needs rather than by the guidance of prece- dence. Salt Lake City, Utah. THE LONE HEART. Yon are taking her down to the Orphans' Home, this little bit girl, you say; It is sweet she would look with her hair a-curl, and a smile in those eyes of gray. I mind the yard where the hearse drove out with the box, and her one last friend: So there's only the Orphans' Home for her? I've a bit, maybe I might spend. It is all alone in this house am I, but you see the flowers on the lawn And the tabby-cat on the porch a-sleek, and bluebirds that sing at dawn. I would love to fashion a gown of red for a little bit girl like this; Would you put your arms round my neck, wee one, and give to me, dear, a kiss? Oh, it's warm in my heart is the feel I have! You've a look like a child I knew; To be sure her hair it was black, not light, and her eyes of the violet's blue. But there's something that stirs me a thought of her—blue violets cover her breast — You shall hear the songs that I sang to her when I cuddled her down to rest. I will kiss a rose to your cheeks of white, I will find the curl in your hair; And you'll not go down to the Orphans' Home while I have a bit to share! —Youth^s Companion.