



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-
9 comments:
Love the crawl the tongue out.
I can't pick a favorite one. She is so adorable. When I clicked on that last one it kind of looked like Jane was getting some teeth. Is she?
Love her! She is so beautiful! Don't forget what you told me, they are still babies at 1! (does that apply to turning 2 also?)
Ahhh! She is so gorgeous- beautiful beautiful beautiful pictures!
Awwwwwww Janie. I can't believe she's almost one! Pretty little girl!!!!!
Oh my gosh! I can't believe she is almost one. Love the pictures.She is a qt.
Wow. Time flies. She is of course darling. Do you take any ugly pics?
I heard about Luke's arm. Can you blog it? Is that too...macabre?
Almost one!? That's true! Wow, she's growing up fast. Janey is so beautiful and sweet-- I just love her. Great pictures!
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