OUR DOUBLE NATURE.
- . _q Two lives the meanest of ns live; One which the world heholds, and one Whose hidden history none may give But he who lives it; he alone Its wondrous ecstacies can know, Its ever changing streams of thought, Its deep unutterable woe, Its visions bright and heaven fraught. • He o'er its secret sins may groan, And blush to hear the common praise Of actions which, if rightly shown, Could only loudest censure raise. He o'er its nobles b may rejoice, Though none the virtues can behold : For acts that win the common voice *• Demand a blazonment of gold. And so with full potential power For vilest sins or purest deeds, ' We pass through life and win a dower Of mingled praise and blame, that needs A juster judge the scales to hold Than e'er on earth weighs cause and deed. Ourselves and God alone behold The motives which to actions lead. And thus we gather fame and shame, Alive unearned— alike untrue ; Receiving praise where men should blame, And blame where praise is rightly due. — The Lamp of Life.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 78, 31 March 1873, Page 4
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183OUR DOUBLE NATURE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 78, 31 March 1873, Page 4
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