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  • Author: Selected
  • Editor: B-7413
  • Newspaper: The Umpire volume 6
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  • Date: 2 21 1917
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  • poetry

Only Only 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.