THOSE WE LOVE BEST

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 1, 3 January 1907, Page 37

THOSE WE LOVE BEST

They say the world, is - round, and yet^ .- I often think -it square ; , So many little hurts we get

Prom corners, here and there. " But one great, truth in life I've found, ... While journeying to the West , The only folks who really wound Are those we love the best. The man you thoroughly despise ,

Can rouse your wrath, 'tis true ;

Annoyance in your heart will _rise

At things mere strangers do ; But those are only passing ills, ,

This rule all lives will prove : The rankling wound which aches and thrills Is" dealt by hands we love.

-The choicest garb, the sweetest grace Are oft to strangers Sjhown » The careless , mien, the frowning face Are given to . our own. We flatter those we scarcely know ;

We please the fleeting guest ; And deal full many a thoughtless -blow , To those who love us best.