LIFE adorns the Sea of Galilee :
Its bosom teems with fish; its shores are green ;
But to the south there lies the Salty Sea,
So desolate: no fish, no life is seen.

And yet from Jordan's waters both receive.
Then why doth one have life; the other death ?
'Tis Nature's law, to take and then to give ;
For every breath we take we give a breath.

The Dead Sea drinks far more than Galilee,
But has no outlet in its selfishness ;
While Galilee bestows its bounties free -
It issues forth its life mankind to bless.

Am I a Dead Sea, or a Galilee ?
More blessed 'tis to give than to receive ;
If I confine my thoughts to my and me
I'll not bless others, but myself deceive.