A GOOD POEM 590

                                    A GOOD POEM  590

              After reading Longfellow's poem,
              "The Day is Done," these thoughts
              crossed our mind...

            We may get closer to our best selves
            by reading a few lines of a good poem
            than by any other means we know

            We may feel better about ourselves, our God,
            and our fellowman by reading and relaxing
            with a few lines of a good uplifting of poem

            We may put aside the strife and strain that
            often racks the brain by reading a few lines
            of an uplifting poem that encourages and
            comforts our mind and soothes the soul
   
            We read then, these lines of Longfellow
            and rejoice...we read

            "The poem from the treasured volume
            The poem of thy choice,
            And lend to the rhyme of the poet
​            The beauty of thy voice."

            (Written on February 20,1979)