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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOW TO REMAIN YOUNG, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN Poet's Biography
First Line: Strive always to be calm; be cheerful and sleep well
Last Line: Be thou like christ in heavenly patience and in love.
Subject(s): Children; Youth; Childhood
First Line: Strive always to be calm; be cheerful and sleep well
Last Line: Be thou like christ in heavenly patience and in love.
Subject(s): Children; Youth; Childhood
STRIVE always to be calm; be cheerful and sleep well;
Delight in music; much with little children dwell;
With glad "Good morning!" be it rosy dawn or gray;
Thy burdens bravely bear, yet make thou no delay
To help a feeble brother all the rugged way;
Think not too much of self; nor idly fret and grieve
That thou must all earth's wealth and beauty some day leave;
Trust thou in God; and in holy footsteps tread
Of those who live forever, though men count them dead.
Wise as the serpent, and yet harmless as the dove—
Be thou like Christ in heavenly patience and in love.
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