Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TRUE CULTURE, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX



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First Line: The highest culture is to speak no ill
Last Line: From common lips like weeds from marshy soil.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs.
Subject(s): Beauty; Culture Conflict; Life


The highest culture is to speak no ill;
The best reformer is the man whose eyes
Are quick to see all beauty and all worth;
And by his own discreet, well-ordered life,
Alone reproves the erring.
When thy gaze
Turns it on thine own soul, be most severe.
But when it falls upon a fellow-man
Let kindliness control it; and refrain
From that belittling censure that springs forth
From common lips like weeds from marshy soil.





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