Category: Education

A single earth-life is just not all Nor my progress dares it to forestall, But forms part of an unbroken whole That makes the path of my striving soul. If my threads of fate on earth remain, There will be the need to come again: Or where there is none the Lord might say That […]

Men distort everything they have And reject every helping staff On which they were to have relied… Because of indolence and pride. Men think wise and clever they are, And thus their way to ascent bar, When they try with passion to twist Those concepts that now still exist. Such are otherwise clever men. If […]

Whene’er it starts to rain Thoughts in me start to run, Reflecting in my brain Why ever I was born. Whene’er it starts to rain I become full of grief, My spirit stirs in pain That earth-life is so brief. Whene’er it starts to rain I feel so down and sad, Wondering if it’s in […]

Man shall not live by bread alone, But by every Word of the Lord; For bread may sometimes turn to stone While succour comes just from the Word. Bread is only of earthly use – Though after it some men may lust And thus with it their soul abuse, For bread with time must turn […]

Be not envious of the workers of iniquity Who abound everywhere, both in country and city, For the Lord won’t make them abide too long in the land, But will scatter them and destroy all that they had planned. Don’t ever be afraid when threatened with what they have, Nor be sad at heart when […]

I’ve sought on earth and up above, None is like Thee, my precious Lord. But all creatures with one accord Attest to Thine unchanging love Thou Lord hast been from endless days When nothing yet had come to life, But the effect of Thine own Rays Took on some form and came alive. My Lord, […]

By Sola Lebile They too were here  When in their weary hearts The beats of crossing there Detached them off our charts Say: What contains a kitten  MUST contain a flapping mouse They open a door way Upon the Mediterranean water Across the Maitese pathway In frigid and chanting waters They are not fish. They are […]

This feeling of mine I can’t explain: It grips my heart with sadly joy That nought on earth can e’er destroy – Urging that I should from sin abstain, For in my want and in my full – All over me it dares to rule, And speaks of that which I should attain.   It […]

A careless and thoughtless speaking manner Is an identification banner Of a man who cannot himself control Since he has not yet developed his soul.   But the man whose development is right Will always endeavour to weigh aright Each and every word he intends to use So he dares not his right to speak […]