The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #105603   Message #2176818
Posted By: Rowan
22-Oct-07 - 06:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Poems that speak to you.
Subject: RE: BS: Poems that speak to you.
The first poem I recall hearing at primary school was by Adam Lindsay Gordon;

In this life of froth and bubble
two things stand like stone;
kindness in another's trouble,
courage in your own.

Cheers, Rowan