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Things of today?
Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!
Things of today?
Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!
This is the Thing that I was born to do.
This is the Thing that I was born to do.
So our lives
In acts exemplarie, not only winne
Ourselves good Names, but doth to others give
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So our lives
In acts exemplarie, not only winne
Ourselves good Names, but doth to others give
Matter for virtuous Deedes, by which wee live.
Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden like the heaven above.
Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden like the heaven above.
An injury graves itself in metal, but a benefit writes itself in
water.
[Fr., L'injure se grave en read more
An injury graves itself in metal, but a benefit writes itself in
water.
[Fr., L'injure se grave en metal; et le bienfait s'escrit en
l'onde.]
"I worked for men," my Lord will say,
When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
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"I worked for men," my Lord will say,
When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
"I walked with the beggar along the road,
I kissed the bondsman stung by the goad,
I bore my half of the porter's load.
And what did you do," my Lord will say,
"As you traveled along the King's highway?"
'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do.
'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do.
His deeds do not agree with his words.
[Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]
His deeds do not agree with his words.
[Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]
We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and
we have done those things which read more
We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and
we have done those things which we ought not to have done.