God asked me what I had come for; and I drew my sister forward a little that He might see her.
God said, "How is it you are here together today?"
I said, "She was upon the ground in the street, and they passed over her; I lay down by her, and she put her arms around my neck, and so I lifted her, and we two rose together."
God said, "Whom are you now come to accuse before Me?"
And God bent and said, "My children--what is it that you seek?"
And she beside me drew my hand that I should speak for both.
I said, "We have come to ask that Thou shouldst speak to Man, our brother, and give us a message for him that he might understand, and that he might----"
God said, "Go, take the message down to him!"
God said, "Upon your hearts it is written; take it down to him."
And we turned to go; the angels went with us to the door. They looked at us.
And one said, "Ah! but their dresses are beautiful!"
And the other said, "I thought it was mire when they came in, but see, it is all golden!"
But another said, "Hush, it is the light from their faces!"
Tremble before your chattels, Lords of the scheme of things! Fighters of all earth's battles, Ours is the might of kings! Guided by seers and sages, The world's heart-beat for a drum, Snapping the chains of ages, Out of the night we come!
Lend us no ear that pities! Offer no almoner's hand! Alms for the builders of cities! When will you understand? Down with your pride of birth And your golden gods of trade! A man is worth to his mother, Earth, All that a man has made!
We are the workers and makers! We are no longer dumb! Tremble, O Shirkers and Takers! Sweeping the earth--we come! Ranked in the world-wide dawn, Marching into the day! The night is gone and the sword is drawn And the scabbard is thrown away!
Last week we learned the rule governing the spelling of derivatives of _one_ syllable ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel when we add a suffix beginning with a vowel.
The same rule applies to words of two or more syllables, accented on the last syllable.
_Compel_, compelled, compelling. _Prefer_, preferred, preferring.
+Words accented on the last syllable, when they end in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant when you add a suffix beginning with a vowel.+