I have not lived in vain, if one of men, <br />Who trod the earth and breathed the air with me, <br />Have felt the touch of man's divinity <br />From God through me, and learned to hope again. <br />And yet once more, I have not lived in vain <br />If, barren here, I have gathered into me <br />Seed that shall ripen in eternity. <br />Fruit to mature, and buds to blossom, then. <br />Therefore I pray that God would fill my soul <br />Full of the might and splendour of His grace. <br />That I may journey toward Him not alone. <br />But that full many another of His own <br />May travel with me, and at last the whole <br />Of all mankind may see revealed His face.<br /><br />Alec de Candole<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-have-not-lived-in-vain/
