Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GIFTS AND SINS, by EDNA EADES PURYEAR


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GIFTS AND SINS, by                    
First Line: The simplest things are best
Last Line: These are the sins of men.
Subject(s): Gifts & Giving; Sin


The simplest things are best
For peace of mind, for rest.
A cottage small, a lovely tree,
A dog, some books, friends for tea.
Plain foods, fresh air for health,
A field, a brook are wealth!
Sunrise, sunsets, the sea,
Clouds in the sky, a soaring bird,
Moonlight, are free.
These are some gifts of God.

Creeds that have killed the Christ
In Christianity,
Greed, avarice, revenge,
Vice, cowardice, and strife:
The things that cripple life
Are crime.
Help, with a sparing hand,
Malicious gossip fanned,
Excesses to intemperance,
Intolerance:
These are the sins of men.





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