To-day

We shall do so much in the years to come,

But what have we done to-day?

We shall give out gold in princely sum,

But what did we give to-day?

We shall lift the heart and dry the tear,

We shall plant a hope in the place of fear,

We shall speak with words of love and cheer,

But what have we done to-day?

We shall be so kind in the after while,

But what have we been to-day?

We shall bring to each lonely life a smile,

But what have we brought to-day?

We shall give to truth a grander birth,

And to steadfast faith a deeper worth,

We shall feed the hungering souls of earth,

But whom have we fed to-day?

Nixon Waterman.