IF I CAN LIVE.
If I can live To make some pale face brighter and to give A second lustre to some teardimmed eye. Or e'en impart One throb of comfort to an aching heart, Or cheer some wayworn soul in passing by; If I can lend A strong hand to the fallen, or defend I he right against a single envious strain. My life, though bare* Perhaps of much that seemeth deat and fair To us on earth, will not have been in vain. 1 The purest joy, Most near to heaven, far from earth's alloy Is bidding clouds give way to sun and shine, And twill bo well If on that day of days t!u- angel' tell Of me: “She did her best foi one of Thine.”
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White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 220, 18 October 1913, Page 11
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129IF I CAN LIVE. White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 220, 18 October 1913, Page 11
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