 | Letters of Laura D'Auverne |  |
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JUDGE NOT IN HASTE.
Ne'er be hasty in your judgment,—
Never foremost to extend
Evil mention of a neighbour,
Or of one you've call'd a friend!
Of two reasons for an action
Choose the better, not the worst;
Never let the meaner motive
Be the one you urge the first;
But be gentle with misfortune,
Never foremost to extend
Evil mention of a neighbour,
Or of one you've call'd a friend!
Never foremost to extend
Evil mention of a neighbour,
Or of one you've call'd a friend!
Of two reasons for an action
Choose the better, not the worst;
Never let the meaner motive
Be the one you urge the first;
But be gentle with misfortune,
Never foremost to extend
Evil mention of a neighbour,
Or of one you've call'd a friend!
Judge not with detracting spirit,
Speak not with disdainful tongue;
Nor, with hard and hasty feeling,
Do one human creature wrong!
Words there are that, sharp as Winter,
Strip the little left to cheer;—
Oh! be yours the kinder mission,
Prone to soothe, not cause, a tear!
Then be gentle with misfortune;
Never foremost to extend
Evil mention of a neighbour,
Or of one you've call'd a friend!
Speak not with disdainful tongue;
Nor, with hard and hasty feeling,
Do one human creature wrong!
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Strip the little left to cheer;—
Oh! be yours the kinder mission,
Prone to soothe, not cause, a tear!
Then be gentle with misfortune;
Never foremost to extend
Evil mention of a neighbour,
Or of one you've call'd a friend!
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