October 18
Companions of the Way (Evening)Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
THEN, for the pastimes of this delicate age, And all the heavy or light vassalage
Which for their sakes we fasten, as may suit
Our varying moods, on human kind or brute,
'Twere well in little, as in great, to pause,
Lest fancy trifle with eternal laws.
Not From his fellows only man may learn
Rights to compare and duties to discern!
All creatures and all objects, in degree,
Are friends and patrons of humanity.
There are to whom the garden, grove, and field,
Perpetual lessons of forbearance yield;
Who would not lightly violate the grace
The lowliest flower possesses in its place;
Nor shorten the sweet life, too fugitive,
Which nothing less than Infinite Power can give.
WILLIAM
WORDS-
WORTH
THE MANGER