If you sit down at set of sun And count the acts that you have done, And, counting, find One self-denying deed, one word That eased the heart of him …

I have always seen life for what it really is. Ever since I was a child growing up, hard times are all I know. I had to sit back and …

Watching the world through a blacked-out window You see no sun, Yet people see light shining in your eyes, You are the sun for others Watching children play, wishing you …

Out through the fields and the woods And over the walls I have wended; I have climbed the hills of view And looked at the world, and descended; I have …

Childhood, sweet and sunny childhood, With its careless, thoughtless air, Like the verdant, tangled wildwood, Wants the training hand of care. See it springing all around us — Glad to …

The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read Beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree. Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown, For …

All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all. Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that …

I WONDER about the trees. Why do we wish to bear Forever the noise of these More than another noise So close to our dwelling place We suffer them by …

In the night with the fragrance of flowers I was thinking about the world…….. so many thoughts, so many worries, I was thinking about myself……… So many concerns, So many …

Yesterday a butterfly Came floating gently through the sky. He soared up through the atmosphere Then drifted close enough to hear. I said, I’d love to fly with you And …

Life passes by so fast, Lord, I know I’m sure to miss A vital part unless you keep Reminding me of this. There’s so much that I want to do, …

Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow- You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; …