 | Early and late poems of Alice and Phoebe Cary |  |
CHEER AND WARNING.
Here's a rhyme and a cheerful God-speed
For the weak and the pushed to the wall;
And here 's for the strong a take heed,
Lest haply they stumble and fall.
For the weak and the pushed to the wall;
And here 's for the strong a take heed,
Lest haply they stumble and fall.
For none are too low and too poor
For hope to go down to, and none
In th' world's highest places are sure
Of keeping the heights they have won.
For hope to go down to, and none
In th' world's highest places are sure
Of keeping the heights they have won.
The best man should never pass by
The worst; but, to brotherhood true,
Entreat him thus gently, “Lo, I
Am tempted in all things, as you.”
The worst; but, to brotherhood true,
Entreat him thus gently, “Lo, I
Am tempted in all things, as you.”
Of one dust all peoples are made,
One sky doth above them extend,
And whether through sunshine or shade
Their paths run, they meet at the end.
One sky doth above them extend,
And whether through sunshine or shade
Their paths run, they meet at the end.
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And whatever his honors may be
Of riches, or genius, or blood,
God never made any man free
To find out a separate good.
Of riches, or genius, or blood,
God never made any man free
To find out a separate good.
So, giving to virtue its worth,
The frail be I slow to decry,
For while there 's a soul on the earth
That suffers and sins, so do I.
The frail be I slow to decry,
For while there 's a soul on the earth
That suffers and sins, so do I.
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