







I live for those who love me,
Whose hearts are kind and true,
For the Heaven that smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit too;
For all human ties that bind me,
For the task by God assigned me,
For the bright hopes yet to find me,
And the good that I can do.
I live to learn their story
Who suffered for my sake;
To emulate their glory,
And follow in their wake;
Bards, patriots, martyrs, sages,
The heroic of all ages,
Whose deeds crowd History's pages,
And Time's great volume make.
I live to hold communion
With all that is divine,
To feel there is a union
'Twixt Nature's heart and mine;
To profit by affliction,
Reap truth from fields of fiction,
Grow wiser from conviction,
And fulfill God's grand design.
I live to hail that season
By gifted ones foretold,
When men shall live by reason,
And not alone by gold;
When man to man united,
And every wrong thing righted,
The whole world shall be lighted
As Eden was of old.
I live for those who love me,
For those who know me true,
For the Heaven that smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit too;
For the cause that lacks assistance,
For the wrong that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance,
And the good that I can do.
-George Linnaeus Banks-
8 comments:
Those pictures are great. I feel like I've visited the cave without the lousy hike.
What a buddy that David is -- do you want to borrow our snugli baby carrier? Thomas just sprawls out of it with one leg hanging out now and Steven just complains the whole time that he's too big because he's eleven years old.
Looks like such a fun trip! Breakfast at Del Taco...yummy... :)
That was a fun day. And you can steal my pics any time. :o)
Scott- time to upgrade steven to a stroller or something. you're gunna break your back!
Love the pictures. Such a cute family.
That looked like lots of fun! We used to ditch class first thing in the morning to get Del Taco for breakfast! It's better than McD's in the morning!
Patti you guys are SO CUTE:) i love that you lil family has grown!! your lil lady is So ADORABLE..and that lil Lucas is a riot..Such a cute lil stallion!! Im so happy for you guys..AND your trip looks like so much fun...great pics in the cave!! love ya with the hoodie:)
Looks like you guys had fun! I'm glad you got to go!
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