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