Step By Step

1 1 ra ven is not reached by a single bou mi lint we buitii the ladder by wnich we rite. Krom the lowiv earth lo tíie vaulted skies, And we mount to it umimt round by round. I cotint these things to be irrandly true. noble deed is a step loward God - I illmr the soul from the common sod To a purcr air and a broader view. Wil lÉ1ij Ifci thinffs that re under our feet, Ahat we have inastered in ijrced and gaín. Ity ;n.i( depued and tlie pasaion slain, And thc jnqmshcd i 11 we hourly meet. We hope, we resol ve, vtt aspire, we trust, Whtn the murning calis to lile and light, Bot our heart grows weary and ere the night Our lives are tr.niin in the ordtd duxt. Wimga for the angels bul ícet for the mea 1 ; -t liorrow thc wms to fínd thc way - 'A niiiv hope, and resoive, and aspire, and pry, Hut our ttct must rise or we fail again. Only in dream is the ladder thrown I rom the weary earth to the sapphíre wall ; Hut the itreams depart and the vikioas Uil, And ihc ileeper wakes on his pillow oí stooe. 1 lea ven is not reached at a single bouod : líut we butld the ladder by which we rite Krom thc íowly earth to the vauited skiet, And we mount to ís summit round by rouod.