PEBBLES AND SHELLS
THE ANTIPODES
Hate is a dagger in the human heart,
And he who hates will surely feel its smart;
Love is an angel in a woman's eyes
That brings the earthly nearer Paradise.
Hate is a dagger in the human heart,
And he who hates will surely feel its smart;
Love is an angel in a woman's eyes
That brings the earthly nearer Paradise.
A LESSON
If e'en one star in heaven fails to shine
The earth is darker for that loss of light;
If thou canst laugh and smile in sorrow's night,
The earth is brighter for that smile of thine.
If e'en one star in heaven fails to shine
The earth is darker for that loss of light;
If thou canst laugh and smile in sorrow's night,
The earth is brighter for that smile of thine.
PATIENCE
Notice how patiently the spider spins,
Forming his fabric fair by slow degree;
And cannot man, as patiently as he,
Strive on and on and on, until he wins?
Notice how patiently the spider spins,
Forming his fabric fair by slow degree;
And cannot man, as patiently as he,
Strive on and on and on, until he wins?
HAVE CHARITY
Have charity for all thy fellow men,
Despise not him whom sin hath left alone;
When we shall see and know as we are known,
The darkest soul may prove the fairest then.
Have charity for all thy fellow men,
Despise not him whom sin hath left alone;
When we shall see and know as we are known,
The darkest soul may prove the fairest then.
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