<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=361240" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Speak Gently</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Speak gently! -- It is better far<br> To rule by love, than fear --<br> Speak gently -- let not harsh words mar<br> The good we might do here!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Speak gently! -- Love doth whisper low<br> The vows that true hearts bind;<br> And gently Friendship's accents flow;<br> Affection's voice is kind.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Speak gently to the little child!<br> Its love be sure to gain;<br> Teach it in accents soft and mild: --<br> It may not long remain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Speak gently to the young, for they<br> Will have enough to bear --<br> Pass through this life as best they may,<br> 'T is full of anxious care!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Speak gently to the aged one,<br> Grieve not the care-worn heart;<br> The sands of life are nearly run,<br> Let such in peace depart!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Speak gently, kindly, to the poor;<br> Let no harsh tone be heard;<br> They have enough they must endure,<br> Without an unkind word!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Speak gently to the erring -- know,<br> They may have toiled in vain;<br> Perchance unkindness made them so;<br> Oh, win them back again!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Speak gently! -- He who gave his life<br> To bend man's stubborn will,<br> When elements were in fierce strife,<br> Said to them, 'Peace, be still.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Speak gently! -- 't is a little thing<br> Dropped in the heart's deep well;<br> The good, the joy, which it may bring,<br> Eternity shall tell.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Bates">David Bates</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=361240" data-title="Speak Gently de David Bates" data-description="Speak gently! -- It is better far To rule by love, than fear -- Speak gently -- let not harsh words mar The good we might do here! Speak gently! -- Love doth whisper low The vows that true hearts bind; And gently Friendship's accents flow; ..."></div> </div> </div>

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