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Stones from The Quarry

or, Moods of Mind. By Henry Browne [i.e. Henry Ellison]
Ellison, Henry

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TIME.

Of spendthrifts, worst of all who squander time.
Who squanders wealth may gain by losing it;
But time once lost, nor gold recalls, nor wit;
You may e'en write its epitaph—a crime,
Lése-Majesty it is 'gainst that sublime
And holy loan of Life, for angels fit,
If for God's service and Man's benefit
We consecrate our “talent” all to Him.
Then waste not, but put out at interest
In holy thoughts and works of love and peace;
So, as with many lives shalt thou be blest;
Thy time with compound interest shall increase,
And the grand total He who lent invest
As He thinks fit: Him only strive to please.
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