{"id":207,"date":"2026-10-31T21:32:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamma1907.com\/EKJ\/index.php\/hymn-poems\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T21:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:35:42","slug":"hymn-poems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gamma1907.com\/EKJ\/index.php\/hymn-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn &#038; Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<style>.gp{--k:#0B0B0B;--p:#121110;--g:#D4AF5F;--gl:#F1D58F;--i:#F4EFE3;--m:#B9B2A3;--l:rgba(212,175,95,.22);background:var(--k);color:var(--i);font-family:Inter,system-ui,sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:1.65}.gp *{box-sizing:border-box}.gp-sec{max-width:1200px;margin:0 auto;padding:clamp(56px,8vw,104px) 24px;border-bottom:1px solid 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class=\"gd\">Hymn<\/em> &amp; Poems of Alpha<\/h1><p class=\"lede\">The words brothers have carried from Cornell to Virginia Union and beyond \u2014 sung at Founders\u2019 Day, recited at Charter Day, and remembered for a lifetime.<\/p><\/section><section class=\"gp-sec \"><span class=\"gp-eye\">The Fraternity Hymn<\/span><h2>Alpha Phi Alpha Hymn<\/h2><p class=\"gp-small\">By Bro. Abram L. Simpson (Xi \u201912) \u00b7 Arranged by Bro. John J. Erby (Xi \u201925) \u00b7 Adopted 1925, recognized as the National Hymn in 1929<\/p><div class=\"gp-btns\"><a class=\"gsk gsk-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=atnZr4c3fdg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"gsk-play\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>Play the hymn<\/a><\/div><\/section><section class=\"gp-sec \"><span class=\"gp-eye\">Poems<\/span><h2>Verse that guides the brotherhood<\/h2><p>Select a title to read.<\/p><div class=\"gp-sc\"><div class=\"gsk gsk-poems\"><details class=\"gsk-poem\"><summary><span class=\"gsk-poem__num\">I<\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__title\">Invictus<small>William Ernest Henley \u00b7 1888<\/small><\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"gsk-poem__body\"><p data-dc-tpl=\"100\">Out of the night that covers me,<br data-dc-tpl=\"101\" \/>Black as the pit from pole to pole,<br data-dc-tpl=\"102\" \/>I thank whatever gods may be<br data-dc-tpl=\"103\" \/>For my unconquerable soul.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"104\">In the fell clutch of circumstance<br data-dc-tpl=\"105\" \/>I have not winced nor cried aloud.<br data-dc-tpl=\"106\" \/>Under the bludgeonings of chance<br data-dc-tpl=\"107\" \/>My head is bloody, but unbowed.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"108\">Beyond this place of wrath and tears<br data-dc-tpl=\"109\" \/>Looms but the Horror of the shade,<br data-dc-tpl=\"110\" \/>And yet the menace of the years<br data-dc-tpl=\"111\" \/>Finds and shall find me unafraid.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"112\">It matters not how strait the gate,<br data-dc-tpl=\"113\" \/>How charged with punishments the scroll,<br data-dc-tpl=\"114\" \/>I am the master of my fate,<br data-dc-tpl=\"115\" \/>I am the captain of my soul.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><details class=\"gsk-poem\"><summary><span class=\"gsk-poem__num\">II<\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__title\">IF<small>Rudyard Kipling \u00b7 1910<\/small><\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"gsk-poem__body\"><p data-dc-tpl=\"137\">If you can keep your head when all about you<br data-dc-tpl=\"138\" \/>Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;<br data-dc-tpl=\"139\" \/>If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,<br data-dc-tpl=\"140\" \/>But make allowance for their doubting too:<br data-dc-tpl=\"141\" \/>If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,<br data-dc-tpl=\"142\" \/>Or, being lied about, don\u2019t deal in lies,<br data-dc-tpl=\"143\" \/>Or being hated don\u2019t give way to hating,<br data-dc-tpl=\"144\" \/>And yet don\u2019t look too good, nor talk too wise;<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"145\">If you can dream \u2013 and not make dreams your master;<br data-dc-tpl=\"146\" \/>If you can think \u2013 and not make thoughts your aim,<br data-dc-tpl=\"147\" \/>If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster<br data-dc-tpl=\"148\" \/>And treat those two impostors just the same:.<br data-dc-tpl=\"149\" \/>If you can bear to hear the truth you\u2019ve spoken<br data-dc-tpl=\"150\" \/>Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,<br data-dc-tpl=\"151\" \/>Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,<br data-dc-tpl=\"152\" \/>And stoop and build\u2019em up with worn-out tools;<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"153\">If you can make one heap of all your winnings<br data-dc-tpl=\"154\" \/>And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,<br data-dc-tpl=\"155\" \/>And lose, and start again at your beginnings,<br data-dc-tpl=\"156\" \/>And never breathe a word about your loss:<br data-dc-tpl=\"157\" \/>If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew<br data-dc-tpl=\"158\" \/>To serve your turn long after they are gone,<br data-dc-tpl=\"159\" \/>And so hold on when there is nothing in you<br data-dc-tpl=\"160\" \/>Except the Will which says to them: \u201cHold on!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"161\">If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,<br data-dc-tpl=\"162\" \/>Or walk with Kings \u2013 nor lose the common touch,<br data-dc-tpl=\"163\" \/>If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,<br data-dc-tpl=\"164\" \/>If all men count with you, but none too much:<br data-dc-tpl=\"165\" \/>If you can fill the unforgiving minute<br data-dc-tpl=\"166\" \/>With sixty seconds\u2019 worth of distance run,<br data-dc-tpl=\"167\" \/>Yours is the Earth and everything that\u2019s in it,<br data-dc-tpl=\"168\" \/>And \u2013 which is more \u2013 you\u2019ll be a Man, my son!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><details class=\"gsk-poem\"><summary><span class=\"gsk-poem__num\">III<\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__title\">The Test of a Man<small>Author unknown \u00b7 this version by Carlyle Straub, The Sphinx, 1939<\/small><\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"gsk-poem__body\"><p data-dc-tpl=\"190\">The test of a man is the fight he makes,<br data-dc-tpl=\"191\" \/>The grit that he daily shows;<br data-dc-tpl=\"192\" \/>The way he stands on his feet and takes<br data-dc-tpl=\"193\" \/>Fate\u2019s numerous bumps and blows.<br data-dc-tpl=\"194\" \/>A coward can smile when there\u2019s naught to fear,<br data-dc-tpl=\"195\" \/>When nothing his progress bars;<br data-dc-tpl=\"196\" \/>But it takes a man to stand and cheer<br data-dc-tpl=\"197\" \/>While the other fellow stars.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"198\">It isn\u2019t the victory after all,<br data-dc-tpl=\"199\" \/>But the fight a brother makes;<br data-dc-tpl=\"200\" \/>The man who, driven against the wall,<br data-dc-tpl=\"201\" \/>Still stands erect and takes<br data-dc-tpl=\"202\" \/>The blows of fate with his head held high,<br data-dc-tpl=\"203\" \/>Bleeding and bruised and pale,<br data-dc-tpl=\"204\" \/>Is the man who\u2019ll win and fate defy<br data-dc-tpl=\"205\" \/>For he isn\u2019t afraid to fail.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"206\">It\u2019s the hurdles you mount and the breaks you get,<br data-dc-tpl=\"207\" \/>And the shocks your courage stands;<br data-dc-tpl=\"208\" \/>The hour of sorrow and vain regret,<br data-dc-tpl=\"209\" \/>For the prize that escapes your hands,<br data-dc-tpl=\"210\" \/>That test your mettle and prove your worth:<br data-dc-tpl=\"211\" \/>It isn\u2019t the blows you deal<br data-dc-tpl=\"212\" \/>But the blows you take on this good old earth,<br data-dc-tpl=\"213\" \/>That show if your stuff is real.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><details class=\"gsk-poem\"><summary><span class=\"gsk-poem__num\">IV<\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__title\">He Ain\u2019t Heavy, He\u2019s My Brother<small>By Bro. Freeman Montague, Jr.<\/small><\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"gsk-poem__body\"><p data-dc-tpl=\"235\">Our family trees are not the same; we both have a different mother<br data-dc-tpl=\"236\" \/>And yet I\u2019d proudly tell the world that this man is my brother.<br data-dc-tpl=\"237\" \/>It\u2019s like we\u2019ve lived our lives together, though we meet for the first time.<br data-dc-tpl=\"238\" \/>As this powerful sense of brotherhood makes everything seem fine.<br data-dc-tpl=\"239\" \/>Spectators stand and look with awe as we do our secret shake.<br data-dc-tpl=\"240\" \/>Never realizing that this clasping of hands DOES NOT a brother make.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"241\">We are brothers in a deeper sense than they can comprehend.<br data-dc-tpl=\"242\" \/>For when our bond has just begun, theirs is about to end.<br data-dc-tpl=\"243\" \/>When we were searching for the light, as all Sphinxmen must do.<br data-dc-tpl=\"244\" \/>They stood aside and laughed out loud and said \u201cI wouldn\u2019t do that, would you?\u201d<br data-dc-tpl=\"245\" \/>And yet when we had crossed those sands, and the light we could finally see.<br data-dc-tpl=\"246\" \/>They stood aside and whispered softly Oh how I wish it were me!<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"247\">I know the decision I made was wise, of this I\u2019m sure and have no doubt.<br data-dc-tpl=\"248\" \/>Each day in my life will have blue skies for I\u2019m an ALPHA from here on out.<br data-dc-tpl=\"249\" \/>And never again will I be lonely for I have brothers everywhere.<br data-dc-tpl=\"250\" \/>In cities of population two, I even have a brother there.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"251\">There is nothing in this whole wide world that we wouldn\u2019t do for one another.<br data-dc-tpl=\"252\" \/>I\u2019m sure I\u2019d even give my life to save that of my brother.<br data-dc-tpl=\"253\" \/>But there are still those in darkness who cannot understand<br data-dc-tpl=\"254\" \/>why I share the burden which belongs to another man<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"255\">When asked \u201cWhy weigh yourself down with the load of another?\u201d<br data-dc-tpl=\"256\" \/>I simply smile at them and say,<br data-dc-tpl=\"257\" \/>He ain\u2019t heavy, He\u2019s my Brother!!!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><details class=\"gsk-poem\"><summary><span class=\"gsk-poem__num\">V<\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__title\">Brother\u2019s Keeper<small>By Bro. Dr. Richard T. James, Jr.<\/small><\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"gsk-poem__body\"><p data-dc-tpl=\"279\">A special bond among black college men.<br data-dc-tpl=\"280\" \/>We reflect an ideal,<br data-dc-tpl=\"281\" \/>Ignite a spark and unfold a dream,<br data-dc-tpl=\"282\" \/>That becomes reality.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"283\">Servants to our race,<br data-dc-tpl=\"284\" \/>To our community,<br data-dc-tpl=\"285\" \/>Ourselves and others.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"286\">A fraternal body whose purpose,<br data-dc-tpl=\"287\" \/>Represents a lifetime of commitment.<br data-dc-tpl=\"288\" \/>Sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"289\">We are leaders.<br data-dc-tpl=\"290\" \/>Our determination to uplift others.<br data-dc-tpl=\"291\" \/>Who will one day stand on our shoulders,<br data-dc-tpl=\"292\" \/>Creating new paths and reaching even higher,<br data-dc-tpl=\"293\" \/>Toward the unknown.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"294\">A spirit of cohesiveness.<br data-dc-tpl=\"295\" \/>A single thought.<br data-dc-tpl=\"296\" \/>One mind.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"297\">We are made of the past,<br data-dc-tpl=\"298\" \/>Represent the present,<br data-dc-tpl=\"299\" \/>Create the future.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"300\">We are the guardians,<br data-dc-tpl=\"301\" \/>Of that which we cherish dearly.<br data-dc-tpl=\"302\" \/>Rebirth.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"303\">We are our \u201cBrother\u2019s Keeper.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><details class=\"gsk-poem\"><summary><span class=\"gsk-poem__num\">VI<\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__title\">House of Alpha<small>By Bro. Sidney P. Brown<\/small><\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"gsk-poem__body\"><p data-dc-tpl=\"325\">GOODWILL is the monarch of this house<br data-dc-tpl=\"326\" \/>Men, unacquainted, enter, shake hands,<br data-dc-tpl=\"327\" \/>exchange greetings, and depart friends.<br data-dc-tpl=\"328\" \/>Cordiality exists among all who abide within.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"329\">I am the eminent expression of friendship.<br data-dc-tpl=\"330\" \/>Character and temperament change under my dominant power.<br data-dc-tpl=\"331\" \/>Lives, once touched by me become tuned,<br data-dc-tpl=\"332\" \/>and are thereafter, amiable, kindly, fraternal.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"333\">I inspire the musician to play noble sentiments,<br data-dc-tpl=\"334\" \/>and assist the chemist to convert ungenerous personalities<br data-dc-tpl=\"335\" \/>into individuals of great worth.<br data-dc-tpl=\"336\" \/>I destroy all ignoble impulses.<br data-dc-tpl=\"337\" \/>I constantly invoke principles which make for common brotherhood,<br data-dc-tpl=\"338\" \/>and the echo resounds in all communities,<br data-dc-tpl=\"339\" \/>and princely men are thereby recognized.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"340\">Education, health, music, encouragement, sympathy, laughter:<br data-dc-tpl=\"341\" \/>All these are species of interest given of self-invested capital.<br data-dc-tpl=\"342\" \/>Tired moments find me a delightful treat,<br data-dc-tpl=\"343\" \/>Hours of sorrow a shrine of understanding,<br data-dc-tpl=\"344\" \/>At all times I am faithful to the creed of companionship.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"345\">To a few I am the Castle of Dreams,<br data-dc-tpl=\"346\" \/>Ambitious, successful, hopeful dreams.<br data-dc-tpl=\"347\" \/>To many, I am the Poetic Palace<br data-dc-tpl=\"348\" \/>where human feeling is rhymed to celestial motives.<br data-dc-tpl=\"349\" \/>To the great majority,<br data-dc-tpl=\"350\" \/>I am the Treasury of Good Fellowship.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"351\">In fact, I am the College of Friendship;<br data-dc-tpl=\"352\" \/>The University of Brotherly Love;<br data-dc-tpl=\"353\" \/>The School for the Better Making of Men.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"354\">I AM ALPHA PHI ALPHA!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><details class=\"gsk-poem\"><summary><span class=\"gsk-poem__num\">VII<\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__title\">Don\u2019t Quit<small>By Clinton Howell<\/small><\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"gsk-poem__body\"><p data-dc-tpl=\"376\">When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,<br data-dc-tpl=\"377\" \/>When the road you\u2019re trudging seems all uphill,<br data-dc-tpl=\"378\" \/>When the funds are low, and the debts are high,<br data-dc-tpl=\"379\" \/>and you you want to smile, but you have to sigh.<br data-dc-tpl=\"380\" \/>When care is pressing you down a bit,<br data-dc-tpl=\"381\" \/>Rest if you must, but don\u2019t you quit.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"382\">Life is queer with its twist and turns<br data-dc-tpl=\"383\" \/>As every one of us sometimes learns,<br data-dc-tpl=\"384\" \/>And many a failure turns about,<br data-dc-tpl=\"385\" \/>When he might have won had he stuck it out;<br data-dc-tpl=\"386\" \/>Don\u2019t give up though the pace seems slow,<br data-dc-tpl=\"387\" \/>You may succeed with another blow.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"388\">Success is failure turned inside out,<br data-dc-tpl=\"389\" \/>the silver tint of the clouds of doubt,<br data-dc-tpl=\"390\" \/>and you never can tell how close you are,<br data-dc-tpl=\"391\" \/>It may be near when it seems so far;<br data-dc-tpl=\"392\" \/>So stick to the fight when you\u2019re hardest hit,<br data-dc-tpl=\"393\" \/>It\u2019s when things seem worst, that you must not quit.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><details class=\"gsk-poem\"><summary><span class=\"gsk-poem__num\">VIII<\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__title\">To Be an Alpha Man<small>By Fred H. Woodruff<\/small><\/span><span class=\"gsk-poem__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/summary><div class=\"gsk-poem__body\"><p data-dc-tpl=\"415\">To be an Alphaman means more than just to wear a pin,<br data-dc-tpl=\"416\" \/>It requires intrinsic qualities that are developed deep within,<br data-dc-tpl=\"417\" \/>It calls for lasting brotherhood, a word sometimes used in vain,<br data-dc-tpl=\"418\" \/>It means an honest devotion, not anticipation of personal gain.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"419\">Fraternity speaks of brotherly love, that\u2019s something to achieve,<br data-dc-tpl=\"420\" \/>It\u2019s more than just a grip of hands, it\u2019s an ideal to conceive.<br data-dc-tpl=\"421\" \/>You\u2019re proud to be an Alpha, and share her praises won,<br data-dc-tpl=\"422\" \/>Before you inflate yourself with pride, ask yourself, honestly,<br data-dc-tpl=\"423\" \/>how much have I done?<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"424\">To realize the wealth of personal satisfaction, from knowing<br data-dc-tpl=\"425\" \/>you\u2019ve given your all, To have helped her cause unfalteringly,<br data-dc-tpl=\"426\" \/>when you rally to her call.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"427\">To combine all these qualities, and root them deep within,<br data-dc-tpl=\"428\" \/>The product would be an Alphaman, deserving of his pin.<br data-dc-tpl=\"429\" \/>So take an honest inventory of your character within,<br data-dc-tpl=\"430\" \/>And for every virtue you find missing, try and weave it in.<\/p>\n<p data-dc-tpl=\"431\">For a man without these virtues isn\u2019t worth a grain of sand.<br data-dc-tpl=\"432\" \/>It\u2019s plain to see, it\u2019s more than just a pin, that makes an<br data-dc-tpl=\"433\" \/>Alphaman.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Songs &amp; Verse The Hymn &amp; Poems of Alpha The words brothers have carried from Cornell to Virginia Union and beyond \u2014 sung at Founders\u2019 Day, recited at Charter Day, and remembered for a lifetime. 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