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ONE DEED OF GOOD
IF I might do one deed of good,
One little deed before I die,
Or think one noble thought that should
Hereafter not forgotten lie,
I would not murmur though I must
Be lost in Death's unnumbered dust.
One little deed before I die,
Or think one noble thought that should
Hereafter not forgotten lie,
I would not murmur though I must
Be lost in Death's unnumbered dust.
The filmy wing, that wafts the seed
Vpon the careless wind to earth,
Lives only for a moment's deed,
To find the germ fit place for birth;
For one swift moment of delight
It whirls,—then withers out of sight.
Vpon the careless wind to earth,
Lives only for a moment's deed,
To find the germ fit place for birth;
For one swift moment of delight
It whirls,—then withers out of sight.
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