Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COMMON SENSE, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN


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First Line: Strive not for what beyond thine utmost striving lies
Last Line: His changeless friend—its name is common sense.
Subject(s): Virtue


STRIVE not for what beyond thine utmost striving lies,
Nor sigh the thing that must forevermore remain;
Yield not to trifles that obstruct thine onward way;
From lust of gold and knowledge evermore refrain.
Not centered in thyself, but with a noble love,
Seek thou thy daily gladness in another's joy.
Thy neighbor's life should be the measure of thine own,
For only universal pleasures never cloy;
One homely virtue is man's ever-sure defense,
His changeless friend—its name is COMMON SENSE.





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