If you sit down at set of sun
And count the acts that you have done,
And, counting, find
One self-denying deed, one word
That eased the heart of him who heard,
One glance most kind
That fell like sunshine where it went --
Then you may count that day well spent.
But if, through all the livelong day,
You've cheered no heart, by yea or nay --
If, through it all
You've nothing done that you can trace
That brought the sunshine to one face--
No act most small
That helped some soul and nothing cost --
Then count that day as worse than lost.
Count That Day Lost
George Eliot
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adrienne: I like it. The 2nd is negative unlike the 1st part is joy. I am memorizing it 4 school
ADRIENNE N: IT WAS OK. THE 1ST PART IS GOOD, BUT WHY IS THE 2ND PART NEGATIVE? AND MY CLASS IS MEMORIZING THE FIRST PART OF THE POEM.
Adrienne: It was okay. The first part is my class is memorizing.
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