Simple Thrift (verse)
Jennings, Leslie Nelson
Simple Thrift If it is not the same with us as then, If life has altered what we thought would stand Forever fruitful, shall we turn again Furrows of starved earth in a barren land? There was a...
...Leslie Nelson Jennings...
...Better a plot of ground, however small, Fit for the undisputed scythe to reap, Than many acres given to the sheep...
...There was a time of sowing when we tossed Our seed on any stony field unplowed, Caring not greatly for a harvest lost, Magnificently prodigal and proud...
...But we learn wisdom as the years increase, Husband our yield and know it need not fall Entirely to the season's first caprice...
Vol. 5 • February 1927 • No. 16
