Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BE WISE IN TIME, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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BE WISE IN TIME, by                    
First Line: Be wise in time, nor seek delay
Last Line: Be wise in time!
Subject(s): Wisdom


Be wise in time, nor seek delay
When duty shows the rightful way,
And let both heart and conscience tell
Where honor calls and what is well;
For those who shirk the right to-day
Too soon will find life's aims astray,
And learn that one small error may
All peace or happiness dispel—
Be wise in time!

Be wise when impulse would betray
To action that would bring dismay
Into the life—be brave and quell
The wayward mood—strive to excel
In all that virtue might essay—
Be wise in time!





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