THE LITTLE THINGS,
It was only <i cup Ol water given, Or a simple song well sung 1 , But it eased the pain of an aching brain, And it cooled a burning tongue. It was only the sweep of a soothing hand, Or a look from a loving eye, But they eased tho smnrt of a loving heart, And they raised the thoughts on high. Tt was only a snowdrop, pure and sweet, Or a scented twig of thyme ; Yet these told of spring, and the birds that sing, And tho coming summer-time. From the earth they spring, of heaven they speak. In their mute, yet eloquent vcico, Like the calm serene of the morning's sheen, And they make tho soul rejoice. 'Tis the generous deed and loving word, Amid trouble's starless night. That thus shapes tho form in tho raging storm, And so floods the soul with light. Though this light is a greats a glorious whole, From the little seeds it grows, And tho merriest ihymo in *he harvesttiine Is to him who e-ifly sows. Though but only onein tho rnccmay run, Wb" cm "nin Iho virloi's piizo, \ )u< IJh' . v\<! i.^.'id im 1 r|,< ,; (, vf-.T'ivl
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 302, 26 September 1888, Page 2
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198THE LITTLE THINGS, Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 302, 26 September 1888, Page 2
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