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...ASPIRATIONS OF A COUNTRY LAD by GEORGE SANTAYANA SALLY IN OUR ALLEY by HENRY CAREY (1687-1743) CINQUAIN: SUSANNA AND THE ELDERS by ADELAIDE CRAPSEY THAT NATURE IS A HERACLITEAN FIRE & OF THE COMFORT OF THE RESURRECTION by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS SUMMER DAWN by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) A DISAPPOINTMENT by JOANNA BAILLIE |