Read the Junior Classics
The Happiest Heart
Grade 7
Poem
by John Vance Cheney
Volume: 10 | Page: 264
Estimated reading time: 1 minute
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lord it but a day;
Better the lowly deed were done,
And kept the humble way.
The rust will find the sword of fame,
The dust will hide the crown;
Ay, none shall nail so high his name,
Time will not tear it down.
INSIGNIFICANT EXISTENCE
The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the common daylight sweet,
And left to Heaven the rest.
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