Rosemary and Pansies

<h2><SPAN name="BENEFACTION" id="BENEFACTION"></SPAN>BENEFACTION</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">If thou the lives of men wouldst bless,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Live thine own life in faithfulness;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Thine own hard task, if made complete,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Shall render others’ toil more sweet;<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Thy grief, if bravely thou endure,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Shall give men’s sorrow solace sure;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Thy peril, if met undismayed,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Shall make the fearful less afraid.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Each step in right paths firmly trod<br/></span> <span class="i0">Shall break some thorn or crush some clod,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Making the way more smooth and free<br/></span> <span class="i0">For him who treads it after thee.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_31" id="page_31">{31}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />