<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="c-feature-hd" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="c-hdgSans c-mix-hdgSans_inline c-hdgSans_2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; line-height: 1.231; font-weight: normal;"><font size="4" class="">A Modest Love</font></h1></div><div class="c-feature-hd" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="c-hdgSans c-mix-hdgSans_inline c-hdgSans_2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; line-height: 1.231; font-weight: normal;"><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></h1></div><div class="c-feature-bd" style="margin: 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.3;"><div class="o-poem isActive" data-view="PoemView" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative;"><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;">The lowest trees have tops, the ant her gall, <br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;">The fly her spleen, the little sparks their heat; <br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;">The slender hairs cast shadows, though but small, <br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;">And bees have stings, although they be not great; <br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;">Seas have their source, and so have shallow springs; <br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;">And love is love, in beggars as in kings. <br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;">Where rivers smoothest run, deep are the fords; <br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;">The dial stirs, yet none perceives it move; <br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;">The firmest faith is in the fewest words; <br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;">The turtles cannot sing, and yet they love: <br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;">True hearts have eyes and ears, no tongues to speak; <br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;">They hear and see, and sigh, and then they break. </div><div class="" style="font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-style: inherit; white-space: pre;"> </span>- Edward Dyer</div></div></div></div></body></html>