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Topic: The World's Need
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Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 1018
From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted April 11, 2004 12:36 PM
 
The World's NeedSo many Gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the sad world needs.
I am the voice of the voiceless;
Through me the dumb shall speak;
Till the deaf world's ear be made to hear;
The cry of the wordless weak.
From street and from cage and from kennel,
From jungle and stall, the wail
Of my tortured kin proclaims the sin
Of the mighty against the frail.
For Love is the true religion,
And Love is the law sublime,
And all that is wrought where Love is not
Will die at the touch of time.
Oh, shame on the mothers of mortals
Who have not stopped to teach
Of the sorrow that lies
in dear, dumb eyes
The sorrow that has no speech.
The same Power formed the sparrow
That fashioned man - the King,
The God of the whole gave a living Soul
To furred and to feathered thing.
And I am my brother's keeper,
And I will fight his fight,
And speak the word for beast and bird,
Till the world shall set things right. ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Randall
Webmaster Posts: 16858
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted April 12, 2004 12:36 AM
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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged |
TINK
Knowflake Posts: 428
From: New England
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted April 13, 2004 08:56 PM
Very lovely, Nephthys. This is your creed, yes? A good one.  IP: Logged |
Eleanore
Knowflake Posts: 258
From: North Carolina
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted April 16, 2004 02:41 PM
That is beautiful. I have tears in my eyes, excuse me. IP: Logged |
fishy
Knowflake Posts: 95
From: earth
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted April 16, 2004 08:17 PM
lovely, I will frame the verse.
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Twin Lady
Knowflake Posts: 555
From: USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted April 17, 2004 09:00 AM
Just beautiful!!!
I love the writings of Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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juniperb
Moderator Posts: 4170
From: www.Heaven.Home
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted April 17, 2004 09:03 AM
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If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. ~James Herriot IP: Logged |
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