Stones from The Quarry or, Moods of Mind. By Henry Browne [i.e. Henry Ellison] |
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TRUE SELF-DENYING GOOD DEEDS. |
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TRUE SELF-DENYING GOOD DEEDS.
These are the trees of God! which deep and wideSpread, and strike down into Humanity
Their hold-fast roots—unseen, yet crescively
Yield to the Lord; not with mere show and pride
Of outward flourish, which will not abide,
Which wither at the top, and at root die,
With the first frostbite of adversity,
Like Jonah's gourd, that fleeting lived and died
To its brief Self! But these, as deep they go,
So, high they rear their heads in God's own light,
And bear to Him, surpassing all below;
Of so fine flavour, so fair in His sight,
That even Angels nothing higher know,
Nor can God Himself Man with more requite!
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