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A poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes |
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St. Anthony The Reformer |
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Title: St. Anthony The Reformer Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes [More Titles by Holmes] HIS TEMPTATION No fear lest praise should make us proud! A surface-smile may pay the toil Sing the sweet song of other days, But speak in words of living power,-- Then scowling Hate turns deadly pale,-- If thou, unmoved by poisoning wrath, Too kind for bitter words to grieve, Ah, then beware of mortal pride! [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |