Speak gently; it is better far
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Speak gently; it is better farTo rule by love than fear:Speak gently; let no harsh word marThe good we may do here.
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Speak gently to the young; for theyWill have enough to bear;Pass through this life as best they may,'Tis full of anxious care.
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Speak gently to the aged one,Grieve not the careworn heart;The sands of life are nearly run,Let them in peace depart.
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Speak gently to the erring ones;They must have toiled in vain;Perchance unkindness made them so:O, win them back again!
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Speak gently; 't is a little thing,Dropped in the heart's deep well;The good, the joy, that it may bring,Eternity shall tell.
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'Tis ours to sow the kindly seed,'Tis His to bid it grow;Our every word and every deedThe harvest time will show.