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It might have been that the sky was green, and the grass serenely blue;

It might have been that grapes on thorns and figs on thistles grew;

It might have been that rainbows gleamed before the showers came;

It might have been that lambs were fierce and bears and tigers tame;

It might have been that cold would melt and summer heat would freeze;

It might have been that ships at sea would sail against the breeze—

And there may be worlds unknown, dear, where we would find the change

From all that we have seen or heard, to others just as strange—

But it never could be wise, dear, in haste to act or speak;

It never could be noble to harm the poor and weak;

It never could be kind, dear, to give a needless pain;

It never could be honest, dear, to sin for greed or gain;

And there could not be a world, dear, while God is true above,

Where right and wrong were governed by any law but love.

Kate Lawrence.