TRUTH AND LOVE.
‘Tis a little thing to do
To speak the word that's true
Yet truth is always best,
And he who speaks it, blest.
A smile's a little thing,
Yet never birds that sing
So sweetly grief beguile
As one who gives a smile.
To bear another's load
A moment on the road,
Or ease another's need,
Is but a little deed.
To soothe another's pain,
Hoping for naught again,
Is what a child can do,
And find it easy, too.
Yet never once was lost
A word or smile that cost
But just a kindly thought
That gave and counted not.
And fairer than a star
Such deeds of kindness are
Brighter than stars above,
The words of truth and love.