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ONE THOUSAND FAMOUS THINGS 57
The Bit of Dust and Ashes
rpHE angels rejoice to see a bit of dust and ashes overcome prh>
1 cipalities and powers. John Bunyan
The Pennyworth of the Poor
IF thou sellest do not commend ; if thoxi buyest do not dispraise ;
but give the thing thou hast to do with its just value and worth,
Be moderate in all thy sellings, and be sure let the poor have a
pennyworth. John Bunyan
Remember the Wise
EMEMBEE the wise; for they have laboured, and you are entering
into their labours.
Every fact you are taught is a voice from beyond the tomb, an
heirloom from men whose bodies are now in the dust. Most of them
were poor ; many died and saw no fruit of their labours ; some were
persecuted, some were slain. Of some the very names are forgotten.
But their works live, and grow and spread over fresh generations of
youth, showing them fresh steps toward that temple of wisdom which is
the knowledge of things as they are; the knowledge of those eternal
laws by which God governs the heavens and the Earth, things seen
and unseen, from the rise and fall of mighty nations to the growth
and death of moss on yonder moors. Charles Kingsley
Some Future Day
SOME future day when what is now is not,
When all old faults and follies are forgot,
And thoughts of difference passed like dreams away,
Well meet again upon some future day.
When all that hindered, all that vexed our love,
As tall rank weeds will climb the blade above.
When, all but it has yielded to decay,
We'll meet again upon some future day.
When we have proved, each on his course alone,
The wider world, and learnt what's now unknown,
Have made life clear, and worked out each a way,
We'll meet again,—we shall have much to say.
With happier mood, and feelings born anew,
Our boyhood's bygone fancies we'll review,
Talk o'er old talks, play as we used to play,
And meet again on many a future day.
Some day, which oft our hearts shall yearn to see,
In some far year, though distant yet to be,
Shall we indeed (ye winds and waters, say)
Meet yet again upon some future day ?
Arthur Hugh Clough