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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.

Alan Paton

Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
ALAN PATON

All Forgive Trespass Us
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
ALAN PATON

Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
ALAN PATON

Fear Give Much Rob Too
But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
ALAN PATON

Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet School Too Wear Work
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
ALAN PATON

Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
ALAN PATON

Already Being Day One People Rebuilt Tribe
There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
ALAN PATON

All Fall Much Now Silence Talk
Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
ALAN PATON

Better Fear Sorrow
When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for?
ALAN PATON

Any Big Go Intention Judge Say Will Wound
Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
ALAN PATON

Church Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet Understand Work
But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.
ALAN PATON

Another Counsel Cry Help Neither Seek Something
Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
ALAN PATON

Deep Good Here Something Touch
Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
ALAN PATON

Doom Fear Hate Hell Messenger Mind Open Sadness
Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
ALAN PATON

Can God Heal Hill Music Name Now River Such Thank
We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
ALAN PATON

Men Work
I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
ALAN PATON

Christian Free Suffer Thought

In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.

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