How much can you do for other? Don't answer this question until you have read the poem.
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Suppose the little cowslip
Should hang its golden cup
And say, "I'm such a little flower
"I'd better not grow up!
How many a weary traveler
Would miss its fragrant smell,
How many a little child would grieve
To lose it from the dell!
Suppose the glistening dewdrop
upon the grass should sa:
"What can a little dewdrop do?
I'd better roll away!"
The blade on which it rested,
Before the day was done,
Without a drop to moisten it,
WHould wither in the sun.
Suppose the liitle breezes.,
Upon a summer's day,
Shouldthink themselves too small to cool
The traveler on his way:
Who whould no miss the smallest
And softest one that blow,
And think they made a great mistake
If they were acing so?
How many deeds of kindness
A little child can do,
Although it has but little strength
And little wisdom, too!
It wants a loving spirit
Much more than strength, to prove
How many things a child may do
For others by its love.
Should hang its golden cup
And say, "I'm such a little flower
"I'd better not grow up!
How many a weary traveler
Would miss its fragrant smell,
How many a little child would grieve
To lose it from the dell!
Suppose the glistening dewdrop
upon the grass should sa:
"What can a little dewdrop do?
I'd better roll away!"
The blade on which it rested,
Before the day was done,
Without a drop to moisten it,
WHould wither in the sun.
Suppose the liitle breezes.,
Upon a summer's day,
Shouldthink themselves too small to cool
The traveler on his way:
Who whould no miss the smallest
And softest one that blow,
And think they made a great mistake
If they were acing so?
How many deeds of kindness
A little child can do,
Although it has but little strength
And little wisdom, too!
It wants a loving spirit
Much more than strength, to prove
How many things a child may do
For others by its love.
