WORSE THAN LOST !

© Northeastern Pink Hibiscus ~ Undine DeFilippo

IF  YOU  SIT  DOWN  AT  SET  OF  SUN
AND  COUNT  THE  ACTS
THAT  YOU  HAVE  DONE
AND  COUNTING
FIND
ONE 
SELF-DENYING  DEED
ONE  WORD
THAT  EASED  THE  HEART  OF  HIM  THAT  HEARD
ONE  GLANCE  MOST  KIND
THAT  FELL  LIKE  SUNSHINE  WHERE  IT  WENT
THEN  YOU  MAY  COUNT  THAT  DAY  WELL  SPENT.

BUT  IF
THROUGH  ALL  THE  LIVELONG  DAY
YOU'VE  CHEERED  NO  HEART
BY  YEA  OR  NAY
IF
THROUGH  IT  ALL
YOU'VE  NOTHING  DONE  THAT  YOU  CAN  TRACE
THAT  BROUGHT  THE  SUNSHINE
TO
ONE  FACE
NO  ACT 
MOST  SMALL
THAT  HELPED  SOME  SOUL  AND  NOTHING  COST
THEN  COUNT  THAT  DAY
AS 

WORSE  THAN

LOST 


COUNT  THAT  DAY  LOST
By
George Eliot
1819-1880