THE THREE GATES.
If you are tempted to reveal A tale some one to you has told About another, make it pass, Before you speak, three gates of gold. These narrow gates, first, "Is it true?" Then "Is it needful?" In your mind Give truthful answer. And the next Is last and narrowest— "ls it kind " And if to reach your lips at last It passes through these gateways three, Then you may tell the tale, nor fear What the result of speech may be.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11126, 27 July 1907, Page 3 (Supplement)
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85THE THREE GATES. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11126, 27 July 1907, Page 3 (Supplement)
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