FROM earth, and sky, and sea, <br />Let cheer come unto me, <br />And mirth, and tenderness, <br />And all the things that bless, <br />That I may pass them on to those <br />Who suffer woes ; <br />Not keep them for mine own, <br />Nor joy in them alone, <br />But share them to the uttermost in deed, <br />And thought, in all good will, with them that need; <br />So that when at the end of this, my earthly day, <br />When I have come returning, all the world will say: <br />'He richly lived, and lavishly he gave <br />Of wealth that knows no ceasing with the grave, <br />But reaches on into the presence of <br />The Throne Eternal gifts of Cheer and Love.<br /><br />John Kendrick Bangs<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-gifts-divine/
