Thoughts



What kind of thoughts now, do you carry
   In your travels day by day
Are they bright and lofty visions,
   Or neglected, gone astray?

Matters not how great in fancy,
    Or what deeds of skill you’ve wrought;
Man, though high may be his station,
    Is no better than his thoughts.

Catch your thoughts and hold them tightly,
   Let each one an honor be;
Purge them, scourge them, burnish brightly,
   Then in love set each one free.
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Submitted by naama on July 13, 2020

Modified on April 03, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXB AXXX AAAA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 432
Words 76
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

Myra Viola Wilds

Myra Viola Wilds was born in Kentucky. She authored the poetry collection Thoughts of Idle Hours (National Baptist Publishing Board, 1915), in her own hand after losing her eyesight due to overwork as a dressmaker. more…

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