COMETH A BLESSING DOWN.
NOT to the man of dollars,
Not to the man of deeds,
Not unto craft and cunning,
Not unto human creeds,
Not to the one whose passion
Is for a world's renown,
Not in a form of fashion
Cometh a blessing down.
Not unto land's expansion, .
Not to the miser's chest,
Not to the princely mansion,
Not to the blazoned crest,
Not to the sordid worldling,
Not to the knavish clown,
Not to the haughty tyrant,
Cometh a blessing down.
But to the one whose spirit
Yearns for the great and good;
Unto the one whose storehouse
Yieldeth the hungry food;
Unto the one who labors
Fearless of foe or frown;
Unto the kindly hearted
Cometh a blessing down.