4649399Poems — BehindEdith Willis Linn

BEHIND.
BEHIND each noble action
Its saintlier being dwells;
Behind each kind word spoken
Love's tide unceasing swells.

Back of the saddest sinning
Abides a pure ideal,
That only lacks the power
To make its beauty real.

It is man's darkest evil
This nobler self to slay;
It is God's highest mandate
Its promptings to obey.