Words are deeds. The words we hear br May revolutionize or rear br A mighty state. The words we read br May be a spiritual deed br Excelling any fleshly one, br As much as the celestial sun br Transcends a bonfire, made to throw br A light upon some raree-show. br A simple proverb tagged with rhyme br May colour half the course of time; br The pregnant saying of a sage br May influence every coming age; br A song in its effects may be br More glorious than Thermopylae, br And many a lay that schoolboys scan br A nobler feat than Inkerman.