And saved a life beside.
3. A dreamer dropped a random[15] thought;
’Twas old, and yet ’twas new—
A simple fancy of the brain,
But strong in being true:
It shone upon a genial[16] mind,
And lo! its light became
A lamp of life, a beacon[17] ray,
A monitory[18] flame.
The thought was small—its issue[19] great;