Be kind, speak gently
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Part of The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province
- Title
- Be kind, speak gently
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1924
- Subject
- Poetry (Literary form)
- Rights
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- Fulltext
- 43 BE KIND, SPEAK GENTLY Speak gently; it is better far To rule by LOVE than FEAR. Speak gently, let no harsh word mar The good we might do here. Speak gently to the little child, Its love be sure to gain; Teach it in accents soft and inild, It may not long remain. Speak gently to the aged one; Grieve not the careworn heart: The sands of life are nearly run, Let such in peace depart. Speak gently kindly to the poor; Let no harsh tone be heard; They have enough they must endure, Without an unkind word. Speak gently to the erring; know They must have toiled in vain; Perhaps unkindness made them so. Oh! win them back again. Speak kindly: ’tis a little thing Dropped in the heart’s deep well; The good, the joy which it may bring Eternity shall tell. ----------------------------------------------In the man whose childhood has known caresses and kindness, there is always a fibre of memory that can be touched to gentle influences.