THOUGHT

Think nobly!

For the things we ponder are the sum

Of what we treasure and we do become

The fashion of our thinking—just as from

The chain we know the linking.

Therefore think nobly!

Think purely!

For our meditation is the glass

Through which our spirit doth in vision pass,

The face of God beholding—and the grace

Of his divine unfolding.

Therefore think purely!

Think truly!

For a true ideal is the light

By which we struggle up the lofty height

Of Truth’s supreme divineness—and the right

To which it doth incline us.

Therefore think truly!