<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=372417" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Seed</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A seed<br>A bird had swallowed<br>While in fruit, <br>Had fallen in some rocky land<br>As Bird-droppings, <br>And sprouted into <br>A lovely tree, <br>With massive trunk<br>And boughs with verdant leaves, <br>And luscious fruits<br>As birds built nests<br>And wayfarers had shade from scorching sun! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A seed<br>A farmer sowed<br>In fertile land, <br>Ploughed by oxen<br>And sweat of brow<br>’neath scorching sun, <br>Did sprout also: <br>But ceased to grow<br>And withered<br>As the rains had failed<br>That year! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Although in both the cases<br>Seeds seemed similar, <br>Why did the farmer’s toil<br>Didn’t fructify? <br>Perhaps, <br>The bird had gulped<br>The best of fruits with seed<br>That grew despite the rocky soil! <br>Perhaps, the farmer’s work<br>Remained by God<br>Unblessed! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Man’s selfishness<br>At times ruins his labor great! <br>The heart of man matters! <br>Each seed<br>That’s sowed on earth<br>Grows by Heaven’s decree!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</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=372417" data-title="The Seed de John Celes" data-description="A seed A bird had swallowed While in fruit, Had fallen in some rocky land As Bird-droppings, And sprouted into A lovely tree, With massive trunk And boughs with verdant leaves, And luscious fruits As birds built nests And wayfarers had shade ..."></div> </div> </div>

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