'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear. <br /> <br />Calm comes from burning. <br />Tall comes from fast. <br />Comely doesn't come from come. <br />Person comes from mask. <br /> <br />The kin of charity is whore, <br />the root of charity is dear. <br />Incentive has its source in song <br />and winning in the sufferer. <br /> <br />Afford yourself what you can carry out. <br />A coward and a coda share a word. <br />We get our ugliness from fear. <br />We get our danger from the lord.<br /><br />Heather McHugh<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/etymological-dirge/
