Who gives to whom hath naught been given,

His gift in need, though small indeed

As is the grass-blade's wind-blown seed,

Is large as earth and rich as heaven.

—John Greenleaf Whittier, from Tinnevaluna of India.

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ONE PATH TO LIGHT

What is the world? A wandering maze,

Where sin hath tracked a thousand ways

Her victims to ensnare.