“I have goods that are laid by for years;”
But scarce had he planned how they best might be stored,
When he dies and leaves all to his heirs.
Neither dread then, nor boast of to-morrow, my soul,
But make most of the time that’s now given;
Be the ground well prepared, with good seed sown thereon,
And ’twill yield a rich harvest in heaven.
Jan. 24, 1853.