Evil Thoughts

Evil Thoughts

by William Collings

As deadly germs of foul disease.
Come floating on the gentle breeze:
And on their entertainers feed,
To satisfy their horrid greed:
Implanting death, where'er they go,
And filling man with mortal woe:
So, sinful thoughts our minds assail,
If we permit them to prevail;
They will to words, and actions grow.
And fill our souls with deadly woe.

 As downy seeds float through the air,
To plant their nuisance anywhere
That they can find a place to rest,
A quiet place will suit them best.
So evil thoughts. pass through the mind,
And if they can a lodgment find,
They will take root; spring up, bloom out,
And scatter their vile seed about.
Yes evil thoughts are passing by
The human mind's perceiving eye.
And if they can a lodgment find:
They occupy that human mind
With deadly germs of inbred sin,
Which let the great deceiver in
To fortify this citadel
And then prepare the soul for hell.
When these vile thoughts, our minds assail
Unresisted, they will prevail;
If they get rooted in the heart,
How hard it is from them to part
Like deadly germs of foul disease,
Which seem to go just where they please,
And on their entertainers feed
To satisfy their awful greed.
These thoughts to words and actions lead.
And thus bloom out and bear the seed,
Which satan's agents scatter round
Where a neglected spot is found.