Thoughts

Myra Viola Wilds

c.1880 to c.1935

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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.

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Catch your thoughts and hold them tightly, 
What kind of thoughts now, do you carry
Matters not how great in fancy, 
    Is no better than his thoughts. 
    Or what deeds of skill you've wrought; 
   Or neglected, gone astray?
Purge them, scourge them, burnish brightly, 
   Let each one an honor be; 
Are they bright and lofty visions, 
   In your travels day by day
   Then in love set each one free.
Man, though high may be his station,