<h2><SPAN name="poem08"></SPAN>WISHING</h2>
<p class="poetry">Do you wish the world were better?<br/>
Let me tell you what to do:<br/>
Set a watch upon your actions,<br/>
Keep them always straight and true;<br/>
Rid your mind of selfish motives;<br/>
Let your thoughts be clean and high.<br/>
You can make a little Eden<br/>
Of the sphere you occupy.</p>
<p class="poetry">Do you wish the world were wiser?<br/>
Well, suppose you make a start,<br/>
By accumulating wisdom<br/>
In the scrapbook of your heart:<br/>
Do not waste one page on folly;<br/>
Live to learn, and learn to live.<br/>
If you want to give men knowledge<br/>
You must get it, ere you give.</p>
<p class="poetry">Do you wish the world were happy?<br/>
Then remember day by day<br/>
Just to scatter seeds of kindness<br/>
As you pass along the way;<br/>
For the pleasures of the many<br/>
May be ofttimes traced to one,<br/>
As the hand that plants an acorn<br/>
Shelters armies from the sun.</p>
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