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Gladys Schmitt (May 31, 1909 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – October 3, 1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American writer, editor, and professor.
Born to Henry and Leonore (Link) Schmitt, she attended Chatham University, then transferred and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1932. She worked as an editor for Scholastic Magazine first in Pittsburgh and then in New York from 1933-42. From 1942-72 at Carnegie-Mellon University she became professor of English and fine arts, founding the creative writing department.
Her second novel David the King was a Literary Guild selection and #1 bestseller. This book sold more than one million copies and was translated into ten languages.
She married Simon Goldfield on November 27, 1939. They had one child, a niece whom they adopted, Betty Schmitt Culley.
(Music: Petersson, Ekstrand, Edlund)(Lyrics: Edlund)
If I walk on the water today
Will people worship me tomorrow
Will my name be spread faraway
To give people both strength and sorrows
Look into my crystal ball
I have got news for you my dear
There is a God inside you all
But he is hidden in your deepest fear
Step outside the clouds that hide you
The black clouds that cover youListen fools, a dream I send
If you make the madness end
Else I shall a nightmare call
To do harm within you all
You call me Satan, I call me sin
I breed in you but you have locked the door
Open yourself and you shall win
And you'll not even need me anymore
Step outside the clouds that hide you
The black clouds that cover you