Little Things

by Julia Carney, 1845

Little drops of water

Little grains of sand,

Make the mighty ocean,

And the pleasant land.

So the little moments,

Humble though they be,

Make the mighty ages

Of eternity.

So our little errors

Lead the soul away

From the path of virtue,

Far in sin to stray.

Little deeds of kindness,

Little words of love,

Make our earth happy,

Like the Heaven above.