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Oft For Our Own ~ A Poem by Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

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Oft For Our Own

Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

If I had known in the morning
How wearily all the day
the words unkind
would trouble my mind, that
I said when you went away;
I would have been more careful, darling;
nor given you needless pain;
But we vex our own
with a look and tone
We may never take back again.
For though in the quiet evening
You may give me the kiss of peace;
Yet, it might be, that never for me
The pain of the heart may cease.

How many go forth in the morning
and never come home at night,
and hearts have broken
for harsh words spoken
That sorrow can never set right.

We have careful thoughts for the stranger
and smiles for the sometime guest;
But oft for our own,
the bitter tone,
though we love our own the best.

Oh, lips, with curve impatient
and brow with a look of scorn
‘ Twere a cruel fate
were the night too late
to undo the work of the morn.

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Talk Like a Pro: Can You Spot the Words We All Overuse?

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Ever feel like you keep saying the same stuff over and over? Well, you’re not alone—and it turns out, most of us lean on the same trusty nouns without even realizing it. Let’s put your everyday English radar to the test. Can you spot the sentence loaded with the most commonly used nouns in the language? (Source: ChatGPT)

If you want to know the reasoning for the answer send me an email: ray.brese@gmail.com

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Actions Speak Louder than Words

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“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” ― Anton Chekhov

Choose Your Words Carefully

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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. ~ Buddha

Today We Make the Poet’s Words our Own ~ A Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Today We Make the Poet’s Words our Own

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

To-day we make the poet’s words our own,
And utter them in plaintive undertone;
Nor to the living only be they said,
But to the other living called the dead,
Whose dear, paternal images appear
Not wrapped in gloom, but robed in sunshine here;
Whose simple lives, complete and without flaw,
Were part and parcel of great Nature’s law;
Who said not to their Lord, as if afraid,
“Here is thy talent in a napkin laid,’
But labored in their sphere, as men who live
In the delight that work alone can give.
Peace be to them; eternal peace and rest,
And the fulfilment of the great behest:
“Ye have been faithful over a few things,
Over ten cities shall ye reign as kings.”

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Brain Teaser Alert: Can You Decode This Anagram?   

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Welcome to our daily anagram challenge! Test your word-solving skills with today’s anagram puzzle. Unscramble the letters to reveal the hidden word or phrase, and submit your answer to see if you’re correct. Happy puzzling!

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Brain Teaser Alert: Can You Decode This Anagram?   

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Welcome to our daily anagram challenge! Test your word-solving skills with today’s anagram puzzle. Unscramble the letters to reveal the hidden word or phrase, and submit your answer to see if you’re correct. Happy puzzling!

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Exercise Your Brain and Solve the Anagram    

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Can Your Brain Solve the Anagram? Unscramble today’s anagram! 

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It’s Time to Exercise Your Brain – Take the Anagram Challenge    

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Is Your Brain Up to the Challenge? Unscramble today’s anagram. It’s time to exercise your brain!  

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It’s Time to Exercise Your Brain – Take the Anagram Challenge  

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Is Your Brain Up to the Challenge? Unscramble today’s anagram. It’s time to exercise your brain! 

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