A Little Sonnet About Little Things
The little, smoky vaporsProduce the drops of rain;These little drops commingle,And form the boundless main.Then, drops compose the fountains;And little grains of sandCompose the mighty mountains,That high above us stand.The little atoms, it is said,Compose the solid earth;Such truths will show, if rightly read,What little things are worth.For, as the sea of drops is made,So it is Heaven’s plan,That atoms should compose the globe,And actions mark the man.The little seconds soon pass by,And leave our time the less;And on these moments, as they fly,Hang woe or happiness.For, as the present hour is spent,So must the future be;Each action lives, in its effect,Through all eternity.[Pg 022]The little sins and follies,That lead the soul astray,Leave stains, that tears of penitence,May never wash away.And little acts of charity,And little deeds of love,May make this world a paradise,Like to that world above.