Gregory A Connor

Written for the January 2022 Solo Songwriting Challenge / Minnesota Association of Songwriters
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Sarah Josepha Hale

Sarah Josepha Hale, she had a poet’s mind
With an air of dignity, she never was unkind
Perfect prose and poetry is how she made her way
What drove her to such destiny I really couldn’t say

“Mary’s lamb” and other poems came early in her life
She married young, had children, became a widowed wife
Even with adversity she seemed to make her way
She held on to those memories by wearing black each day

Driven by a mission to do the best she can
Sarah was the sturdy oak resilient to the end
She always had a lofty goal and a selfless plan
Sarah was a driving force with paper and a pen

“There is no impossibility, of him who stands prepared
to conquer every hazard” The fearful are the failing”
Sarah Josepha Hale

Driven by a mission to do the best she can
Sarah was the sturdy oak resilient to the end
She always had a lofty goal and a selfless plan
Sarah was a driving force with paper and a pen