HEAVEN BY LITTLES.
Heaven is not reached at a single bound, But you build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies. And,we mount to its summit roundby round. I count these things to be grandly true! That a noble deed is a step toward GodLifting the soul from the common sod To a purer air and a broader view. We. rise by the things that are under our feet: By what we have mastered of greed and gain, By the pride deposed and the passion slain, And vanquished ill that we hourly meet. We hope, we resolve, we aspire, we trust, When the morning calls to life and light, But our hearts grow weary, and ere the night Our lives are trailing the sordid dust. Wings, for the angels, but feet for the men 1 We must borrow the wings to find the way; We may hope, and resolve, and aspire, and pray, But our feet must rise or we fall again. Only in dreams is a ladder thrown From the weary earth to the sapphire walls ; But dreams depart and vision falls, And the sleeper wakes on his pillow of stone. Heaven is not reached at a single bound, But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1553, 24 February 1874, Page 125
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233HEAVEN BY LITTLES. Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1553, 24 February 1874, Page 125
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