To A Friend
You entered my life in a casual way,
And saw at a glance what I needed;
There were others who passed me or met me each day,
But never a one of them heeded.
Perhaps you were thinking of other folks more,
Or chance simply seemed to decree it;
I know there were many such chances before,
But the others-well, they didn't see it.
You said just the thing that I wished you would say,
And you made me believe that you meant it;
I help up my head in the old gallant way,
And resolved you should never repent it.
There are times when encouragement means such a lot,
And a word is enough to convey it;
There were others who could have, as easy as not-
But, just the same, they didn't say it.
There may have been someone who could have done more
To help me along, though I doubt it;
What I needed was cheering, and always before
They had let me plod onward without it.
You have helped to refashion the dream of my heart,
And made me turn eagerly to it;
There were others who might have (I question that part)-
But, after all, they didn't do it!
--Grace Stricker Dawson
Friendship
When a feller hasn't got a cent
And is feelin' kind of blue,
And the clouds hang thick and dark
And won't let the sunshine thro',
It's a great thing, oh my brethren,
For a feller just to lay
His hand upon your shoulder
In a friendly sort o' way.
It makes a man feel queerish,
It makes the tear-drops start.
And you kind o' feel a flutter
In the region of your heart.
You can't look up and meet his eye,
You don't know what to say
When a hand is on your shoulder
In a friendly sort o' way.
Oh his world's a curious compound
With it's honey and its gall;
Its cares and bitter crosses,
But a good world after all.
And a good God must have must have made it,
Leastwise that is what I say,
When a hand is on your shoulder
In a friendly sort o' way.
Author
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Pass It On
Have you
had a kindness shown?
Pass it on.
'It was not given for thee alone,
Pass it on.
Let it travel down the years,
Let it wipe another's tears,
'Till in heav'n the deed appears-
Pass it on.
Did you hear the loving word?
Pass it on-
Like the singing of a bird?
Pass it on.
Let it's music live and grow,
Let it cheer another's woe;
You have reaped what others sow-
Pass it on.
'Twas the sunshine of a smile-
Pass it on.
Staying but a little while!
Pass it on.
April beam's a little thing,
Still it wakes the flowers of spring,
Makes the silent birds to sing-
Pass it on.
Have you found the heavenly light?
Pass it on.
Souls are groping in the night,
Daylight gone-
Hold thy lighted lamp on high,
Be a star in someone's sky,
He may live who else would die-
Pass it on.
Be not selfish in thy greed,
Pass it on.
Look upon thy brother's need,
Pass it on.
Live for self, you live in vain;
Live for Christ, you live again;
Live for Him, with Him you reign-
Pass it on.
--Henry Burton
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