HABIT.
What i* .1 habit? Ids a fettering chain lb it binds the struggling spirit to the earth; \ hampering weight that <l<>gs .ispir ing worth. And m. ikes the brightest visions all in vain. \ blighting pall whose nvdnight depths detain, \iicl quench each glowing fervour at its birth; A serpent coil within whose monstrous girth Is flushed each noblest impulse of the brain. What is a habit? Lis .i silver thread I'hat luiks the soul in possibilities; \ magic stone that turns the baser lead Of evil bent to golden tendency; \ previous stepping stone from Ibw to high ; \ Jacob’s ladder stretching to the sky.
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White Ribbon, Volume 25, Issue 294, 18 December 1919, Page 4
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103HABIT. White Ribbon, Volume 25, Issue 294, 18 December 1919, Page 4
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