Charity

Tell it not with heed­less scorn­ing

If your neigh­bor does a wrong;

Go to him with yearn­ing sor­row

Breathe it not amid the throng.

And the light you lend his path­way

May come back to bless your own;

For we know

be­yond all doubt­ing

We shall reap as we have sown.

You may aid him by your coun­sel

Give him strength to nob­ler do;

Help him as you’d help ano­ther

Come in kind­ness un­to you.

If his way is dark with tri­al

If there’s blight you nev­er knew

Let the man­ly heart with­in you

Prompt to som­ething brave and true.

Stand be­side him while the sha­dow

Shifts him from his old­en place;

Shield him from the wi­ly tempt­er

That has brought the deep dis­grace.