Pears.
The pears remind me of my fellow-men:
Some are so choicely sweet, that ever when
We taste them, they seem fit for cot or hall;
Others so worthless that at once they pall 5
The longing appetite; then again we see
Some which appear as sound as well could be,
Whilst they are rotten, at the heart;—we call
Men like them hypocrites. Then why should we
Not each be sweet in manners, and at heart 10
Soft but yet sound?—ready to act our part
So that ourselves and others happily
May live on earth according to God’s will,
And strive our mission here to faithfully fulfil!
George Markham Tweddell
[Sonnets on Trees and Flowers, p. 35]
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