Great events, we often find,
On little things depend,
And very small beginnings
Have oft a mighty end.
A single utterance may good
or evil thought inspire;
One little spark enkindled
May set a town on fire.
What volumes may be written
With little drops of ink!
How small a leak, unnoticed,
A mighty ship will sink!
Our life is made entirely
Of moments multiplied,
As little streamlets, joining
Form the ocean’s tide.
Our hours and days,
our months and years,
are in small moments given:
They constitute our time below --
Eternity in heaven
On little things depend,
And very small beginnings
Have oft a mighty end.
A single utterance may good
or evil thought inspire;
One little spark enkindled
May set a town on fire.
What volumes may be written
With little drops of ink!
How small a leak, unnoticed,
A mighty ship will sink!
Our life is made entirely
Of moments multiplied,
As little streamlets, joining
Form the ocean’s tide.
Our hours and days,
our months and years,
are in small moments given:
They constitute our time below --
Eternity in heaven
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