Beautiful Lives

Beautiful Lives

Beautiful faces are those that wear ,
It matters little if dark or fair ,
Whole –souled honesty printed there .

Beautiful eyes are those that show ,
Like crystal panes where heart fires glow ,
Beautiful thoughts that burn below .

Beautiful lips are those whose words
Leap from the heart like songs of birds ,
Yet whose utterance prudence girds.

Beautiful hands are those that do
Work both earnest , and brave and true ,
Every moment the long day through.

Beautiful feet are those that go
On kindly ministries to and fro –
Down lowliest ways if God wills it so .

Beautiful shoulders are those that bear
Ceaseless burdens of homely care
With patient grace and daily prayer .

Beautiful lives are those that bless –
Silent rivers of happiness ,
Whose hidden fountains few may guess .

Beautiful twilight , at set of sun ,
Beautiful goal, with race well won ;
Beautiful rest with work well done .

Jan Bagwell
God Bless