The Temple

        (Author Unknown)

                                                     A builder built a temple;

                                                            He wrought with care and skill.

                                                     Pillars and walls and arches

                                                            Were fashioned to meet his will.

                                                     And men said when they saw its beauty,

                                                           “It shall never know decay.

                                                     Great is thy skill, O builder.

                                                             Thy fame shall endure for aye!”

                                                     A teacher built a temple

                                                            He wrought with skill and care,

                                                     Forming each pillar with patience

                                                            And laying each stone with prayer.

                                                     None saw the unceasing effort.

                                                            None knew of the marvelous plan.

                                                     For the temple the teacher was building

                                                            Was unseen by the eyes of man.

                                                     Gone is the builder’s temple,

                                                            Crumbled into the dust,

                                                     Pillar and walls and arches

                                                            Food for consuming rust.

                                                     But the temple the teacher was building

                                                            Shall endure while the ages roll.

                                                     For that beautiful, unseen temple

                                                            Was a child’s immortal soul.

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