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Thy Heart

George MacDonald

Make not of thy heart a casket,
Opening seldom, quick to close;
But of bread a wide-mouthed basket,
Or a cup that overflows.




Quotes of the Day

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
• Don Marquis


Poems of the Day
  • Patience Worth
    My Land
    by Patience Worth
    The pith o' my heart be strong Out of the root from which it sprung, Yea, and sweet with the perfumes, The holy perfumes of that most valorous past. What need I sing? What need I prate?