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Vera Kilgore Heilig: Her Poetry Lives (2017) H. Morris Williams, Marie Law Haire

His tithes in public to be seen of men,

And being seen my recompense? Can I
Who find a wounded traveler by the road

And know I cannot leave him there to die

But grumble loudly while I pile the load
Of helpless flash onto my own beast’s back,

Expect to stud with stars some future crown?
Suppose I do the task assigned but lack

The grace to do it gladly? Will God frown,
Condemning my reluctant rectitude,

And void the things I .do because I should,

Or will He pass my niggling attitude
Because the deeds He sees me do are good?

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