Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, INFLUENCE, by BELLE BEARDEN BARRY


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INFLUENCE, by                    
First Line: Should there come into your mind
Last Line: Take it out in doing!


Should there come into your mind
Just a little thought unkind,
Let not thought evolve to word,
Let not word to deed be stirred --
Take it out in thinking!

Should there come into your heart
A thought that may some love impart,
Hold that thought and let it grow --
Into a word the world may know --
Take it out in speaking!

Should there come into your soul
A thought and word of good control,
Evolve them into deeds of love
And help the world to forward move --
Take it out in doing!





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