Poems

The First Evil Step

BY IRWIN J. MUSGROVE.

I muse and think and ponderOn what the sages said,And as my thoughts now wanderBack through the ages dead,I realize their words sublimeAre fitted for the present time.

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The Child Heart

The heart of a child,Like the heart of a flower,Has a smile for the sunAnd a tear for the shower.

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The Secret of Happiness

Edward E. Norwood

'Tis foolish to look in the past,Except to gain profit thereby;Its failures good lessons should teach,Its triumphs make courage rise high.

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A Song of Praise

BY LOUISE REVELLE.

When the early dawn of morningTints the sky with jewels bright,Painting all the face of NatureWith a calm and holy light;Then let us render,In accents tender,Our praise to God;For He is Life.

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The Unveiled Face

Annie E. Rider

Not as of old, when Moses cameDown from the mount, that burnt with flameAnd shook with thunder loud;Because the great and mighty GodUpon its rocky summit trod,While all the people bowed;

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The Gift of Love

M. M. Painter

It is in loving, not being loved, the heart is blest;It is in giving, not in seeking gifts, we find our guest.

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A Golden Rule for Avoiding Sin

C. Overton

When you think, when you speak, when you read, when you write,When you sing, when you walk, when you seek for delight;To be kept from all evil, at home and abroad,Live always as under "the eye of the Lord.

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If We Knew

Could we but draw back the curtainsThat surround each other's lives,See the naked heart and spirit,Know what spur the action gives,—Often we would find it better,Purer than we judge we would;We would love each other better,If we only understood.

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Peas and Pills

A woman, who had raised with careSweet peas, so lovely, large, and rare,Into a bottle the succeeding fall,Put by for next year's planting, allThat ripened well.