Sunday, May 13, 2007


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I took a piece of plastic clay
And idly fashioned it one day,
And as my fingers pressed it still,
It moved and yielded to my will.
I came again when days were past--
The bit of clay was hard at last;
The form I gave it, it still bore,
But I could change that form no more.
I took a piece of living clay
And gently formed it day by day,
And moulded with my power and art
A young child's soft and yielding heart.
I came again when years were gone--
It was a man I looked upon;
He still that early impress wore,
And I could change him nevermore.
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Author unknown
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(Picture taken from Google.)

2 comments:

Kristi said...

This has always been a favorite poem of mine.

~Kristi

Karen said...

I've never heard this poem before. I like it.