Living
Four Things
From The Poems of Henry van Dyke (1925)
Living
Four things a man must learn to do
If he would make his record true:
To think without confusion clearly;
To love his fellow-men sincerely;
To act from honest motives purely;
To trust in God and Heaven securely.
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Dyke, Henry van. “Four Things.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vandyke/111/.
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Dyke, Henry van. “Four Things.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vandyke/111/.
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