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- Author: Selected
- Editor: B-7413
- Newspaper: The Umpire volume 6
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- Date: 2 21 1917
- Tags:
- poetry
OnlyOnly a little tiny spark, Falling so softly down;In one short hour a frightful glare Shall rouse the sleeping town.Only a little spiteful word, A scarcely noted sneer,Finding a sunny, joyous heart, Leaving behind-a tear.-Only a careless, mocking smile, A foolish, ill-timed jest;It quenched the dawning of a love, Too weak to bear the test.Only the shadow of a doubt, The whisper of a friend;It sent two lives to grieve apart, Mistaken to the end.Only a little broken toy, Shabby and old and torn,It woke the memory of a loss Too heavy to be borne.Only the little daily wants Left at the gate of prayer,Taking instead the ·golden spoil, Won from the Master there.-Selected.
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