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Words are great forces in the realm of life: / Be careful of their use. Who talks of hate, / Of poverty, of sickness, but sets rife / These very elements to mar his fate.
When love, health, happiness, and plenty hear / Their names repeated over day by day, / They wing their way like answering fairies near, / Then nestle down within our homes to stay.
Who talks of evil conjures into shape / The formless thing and gives it life and scope. / This is the law: then let no word escape / That does not breathe of everlasting hope.