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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INFLUENCE, by BELLE BEARDEN BARRY First Line: Should there come into your mind Last Line: Take it out in doing! | |||
Should there come into your mind Just a little thought unkind, Let not thought evolve to word, Let not word to deed be stirred -- Take it out in thinking! Should there come into your heart A thought that may some love impart, Hold that thought and let it grow -- Into a word the world may know -- Take it out in speaking! Should there come into your soul A thought and word of good control, Evolve them into deeds of love And help the world to forward move -- Take it out in doing! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEPARTURE IN THE DARK by CECIL DAY LEWIS AN EGYPTIAN PULLED GLASS BOTTLE IN THE SHAPE OF A FISH by MARIANNE MOORE THE PROGRESS OF POETRY by JONATHAN SWIFT WILLIE AND HELEN by HEW AINSLIE BUILDING BLOCKS by VIRGINIA A. ALLIN ON LYDIA DISTRACTED; A SONNET by PHILIP AYRES |
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