LEND A HAND.




LIFE is made of ups and downs 

Lend a hand;

Life is made of thorns and crowns; 

If you would the latter wear, 

Lift some crushed heart from despair- 

Lend a hand.

Crowns are not alone of gold!

Lend a hand;

Diamonds are bought and sold; 

But the crowns that good men own, 

Come from noble deeds alone 

Lend a hand.

Many crowns that many wear 

Lend a hand;

Never in the sunlight glare; 

Diamonds never in them shine, 

Yet they hold a light divine 

Lend a hand.

Hold a light that ne'er shall fade- 

Lend a hand;

Beauty, art hath never made;

For these crowns that good men wear,

Everlasting are, as rare 

Lend a hand.

Would you own so bright a crown?

Lend a hand;

When you see a brother down, 

Lead him from the deep, dark night, 

Place him in the morning light 

Lend a hand. 



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