HABIT.
What is a habit? ‘Tis a fctt’ring chain . . . That binds the struggling spirit to be earth; A hampering weight th.it clogs aspiring worth, And makes its brightest visions all in vain; A blighting pall whose midnight depths detain, And quench each glowing fervor at its birth; A serpent coil within whose monstrous girth , Is crushed each noblest impulse of the brain. Wh.it is 1 habit 5 ’Tis a silver thread That links the sou! to |K>ssibilitv; A magic stone that turns the baser lead Of evil bent to golden tendency ; \ precious stepping stone from low to high; .. , . \ Jacob’s ladder to the skv. —J. Forsyth Smith, in “Nautilus.”
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White Ribbon, Volume 24, Issue 280, 18 October 1918, Page 9
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108HABIT. White Ribbon, Volume 24, Issue 280, 18 October 1918, Page 9
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