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Show WORTHINESS. ' H What ever lacks purpose is evil; JH A pool without pebbles breeds slime, jjl Not any one step hath Chance fashioned, ' '1 On the infinite stairway of Time. H Nor ever came good without labor H In toil, or in silence, or art; H It must be wrought out through the muscles jH Born out of the soul and the heart. 'H Why plow in the stubble with plow shares? H Why winnow the chaff from the grain? H Ah, since all His gifts must be toiled for; H Since Truth is not born without pain. tfl He giveth not to the unworthy, lH The weak, or the foolish in deeds; IJH Who giveth but chaff at the seed-time H Shall reap but a harvest of weeds. 1 B As the pyramid builded of vapor H Is blown by his whirlwinds to naught, H So the song without truth is forgotten His poem to man is man's thought. H Whatever is strong with a purpose, H In humbleness woven, soul-pure, jH Is known to the Master of Singers; M He toucheth it, saying, "Endure." H E. Morrison Grout. H |