An old man, going a lone highway,<\/i><\/p>\n
Came at he evening, cold and gray,<\/i><\/p>\n
To a chasm, vast and deep and wide.<\/i><\/p>\n
Through which was flowing a sullen side.<\/i><\/p>\n
The old man crossed in the twilight dims.<\/i><\/p>\n
The sullen stream bad no fears for him;<\/i><\/p>\n
But he turned , when he reached the other side,<\/i><\/p>\n
And built a bridge to span the tide.<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cOld man\u201d, said a fellow pilgrim near,<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cYou are wasting strength in building here.<\/i><\/p>\n
Your journey will end with the ending day.<\/i><\/p>\n
You never again must pass this way.<\/i><\/p>\n
You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide,<\/i><\/p>\n
Why build you the bridge at the eventide ?\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
The builder lifted his old gray head.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201c\u201dGood friend, in the path I have come, \u201dhe said,<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cMore fallowed after me today <\/i><\/p>\n
A youth whose \u00a0feet must pass this way.<\/i><\/p>\n
This chasm that has been naught to me to that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.<\/i><\/p>\n
He , too, must cross in the twilight dim;<\/i><\/p>\n
Good friend, I am building the bridge for him.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
There is no better commitment for each of us to follow than to provide \u201c bridged\u201d for those who follow us-just as other ensured our opportunities to succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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