Let me to-day do something that shall take br A little sadness from the world’s vast store, br And may I be so favoured as to make br Of joy’s too scanty sum a little more. br Let me not hurt, by any selfish deed br Or thoughtless word, the heart of foe or friend; br Nor would I pass, unseeing, worthy need, br Or sin by silence when I should defend. br However meagre be my worldly wealth, br Let me give something that shall aid my kind – br A word of courage, or a thought of health, br Dropped as I pass for troubled hearts to find. br Let me to-night look back across the span br ‘Twixt dawn and dark, and to my conscience say – br Because of some good act to beast or man – br “The world is better that I lived today.