beancurdturtle
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 Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: by yea or nay |
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| gloria_taipei wrote: |
"But if, through all the livelong day,
You�ve cheered no heart, by yea or nay-"
What does "by yea or nay" here mean?
Thank you in advance!  |
You May Count That Day
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.
--George Eliot
It means if today you have not, through selfless action brought joy to someone else:
by yea or nay
by yes or no,
by positive or negative action or words.
then your day was wasted.
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Daniel
�Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.�
--Dr. Seuss |
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