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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Dec 22, 1904

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 51.

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Only a Leaf

It was only a little leaf That hung for a while on its bough; It danced and fluttered; but life was brief, And its place is vacant now.
It was only a little leaf; Did it pay to live at all? The sun smiled on it, the cold rains came, And then it was doomed to fall.
It was only a little leaf; But on it did shine the sun, The winds did caress it, the birds did sing, And it lived till its work was done.
It was only a little leaf; But it took its gladsome part In the great earth's life, and at the last Earth clasped it to her heart.
—Selected.