by Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1823 - 1908)
Little Things
Language: English
Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land. So the little moments, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of Eternity. So the little errors Lead the soul away From the paths of virtue Far in sin to stray. Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Help to make earth happy Like the Heaven above.
Note: appeared in the McGuffey Reader
Text Authorship:
- by Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1823 - 1908), "Little things", written 1845 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (b. 1938), "Little Things", op. 205 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from Four Song Poems, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2026-06-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 65