Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VALUES, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE


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VALUES, by                    
First Line: The soul is years in making
Last Line: God only knows the soul.
Subject(s): Mankind; Soul; Human Race


THE soul is years in making,
Judge not the whole by part;
We have no way of taking
The measure of the heart;
To other selves is given
Our passing self to scan,
But only God in heaven
Can really judge a man.

By no year's thoughts or actions
Are we to stand or fall,
The soul must fight its factions
And yet may conquer all;
Thus men judge never rightly
For men see not the whole,
Judge not at all or lightly,
God only knows the soul.





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