


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:
What a good lookin couple!
This is such a sweet post. Love the photos! Happy Valentine's Day, Patti and Dave. Love, Sandra
Who are those babies??
Mary, are you talking about D&P or yo-self and JP in the background? Just checking.
I love these! Some time I want to see all your wedding pictures. I think the only ones I've seen are your framed bridal and... these. Maybe one cutting the cake? You look beautiful!
Beautiful people.
So sweet! John and I were talking the other night about how much you and David match each other. So glad you married him!
Cute pictures, of a very cute couple.
You two look the same, ageless! And you do look like Anne Heche, the non-lesbian Anne Heche just to be clear. Cute!
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