



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-
3 comments:
She is beautiful!!! It was so fun to see her last night!
I have to say you're right about the rice and beans. No matter how many times I call David about making that, it never turns out quite like yours. Love it! (It made me hungry to look at it!)
In the picture of Jane with the cake, I think I'm looking at a mini Patti.
Happy birthday Janey Bell! She's growing up so fast. Wasn't the basket picture taken just ONE year ago???
Glad you're back.
Or at least she'd better like boys because she's stuck with them. I know they all looooooooove her! Man she's cute! Happy Birthday Janey Bell!
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