The Child's Heritage

["Judy L. Meadows" <psj000@MAIL.CONNECT.MORE.NET>]

I just erased a message from a media specialist who was looking for a poem
for a publication celebrating inheritance.  Then it hit me what  a wonderful
poem would be:

John G. Neihardt is the poet.  The poem is "The Child's Heritage."  It is an
wonderful poem.  Neihardt's daughter Hilda Neihardt lives in Columbia, MO.
There is also a website for the Neihardt Center in Bancroft, NE.
I don't have the words with me here at school, but it starts out:

Oh, there are those, a sordid clan
With pride in gaud, and faith in gold
Who prize the sacred soul of man,
For what his hands have sold.
And these shall deem thee humbly bred,
They shall not hear, they shall not see
The kings among the lordly dead
who walk and talk with thee.

It goes on from there to talk about the literary and other gifts this child
inherited.  If the requester is interested, he can contact me and I will
copy the poem, which I have at home, and send it to him.  I am sure he could
get it from Ms. Neihardt as well.

Have a great day!
___________________________
Judy L. Meadows
Library Media Specialist
Verona R-7 School District
101 E. Ella Street
Verona, Missouri  65769
psj000@mail.connect.more.net

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