{"id":14687,"date":"2011-01-22T20:29:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T02:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?p=14687"},"modified":"2021-06-03T09:56:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T14:56:26","slug":"manvotional-the-bridge-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/manvotional-the-bridge-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"Manvotional: The Bridge Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"An<\/h3>\n

The Bridge Builder<\/strong><\/h3>\n

An old man, going a lone highway,
\nCame, at the evening, cold and gray,
\nTo a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide,
\nThrough which was flowing a sullen tide.<\/p>\n

The old man crossed in the twilight dim;
\nThe sullen stream had no fear for him;
\nBut he turned, when safe on the other side,
\nAnd built a bridge to span the tide.<\/p>\n

“Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim, near,
\n“You are wasting strength with building here;
\nYour journey will end with the ending day;
\nYou never again will pass this way;
\nYou’ve crossed the chasm, deep and wide-
\nWhy build you this bridge at the evening tide?”<\/p>\n

The builder lifted his old gray head:
\n“Good friend, in the path I have come,” he said,
\n“There followeth after me today,
\nA youth, whose feet must pass this way.<\/p>\n

This chasm, that has been naught to me,
\nTo that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.
\nHe, too, must cross in the twilight dim;
\nGood friend, I am building this bridge for him.”<\/p>\n

By Will Allen Dromgoole<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What will your legacy be?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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