--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Unknown collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 27 number: 9 published: 1924-07 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "Unknown, “A Passing Thought,” *Improvement Era 27, no. 9 (July 1924)*: 847–847." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2709unse 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: improvementera2709unse start_page: 847 end_page: 847 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1924-07) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2709unse publication_year: 1924 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 1924, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # A Passing Thought CA Passing cUhought As are the damask wings of butterflies, The warbled songs from throats of mated birds ; Rich thus a thought within my being lies, This moment waits for passion's gift of words. As burns the crimson on the robin's breast, As falling waters glint beneath the moon, Like dawn-lit roses, Venus in the West, So to the year this Lover's month of June. Yet beauty brings unrest as well as calm, And in the heart love may be as a thorn, The dirge too often mingles in life's psalm, A hope may die the moment it is born: What words are these that tremble on my tongue? Unspoken be — remain alway unsung! Alfred Lambourne.