Be Kind to Each Other
By Charles Swain
Be kind to each other!
The night’s coming on,
When friend and when brother
Perchance may be gone!
Then ’midst our dejection,
How sweet to have earned
The blest recollection,
Of kindness—returned!
When day hath departed,
And memory keeps
Her watch, broken-hearted,
Where all she loved sleeps!
Let falsehood assail not,
Nor envy disprove—
Let trifles prevail not
Against those ye love!
Nor change with to-morrow,
Should fortune take wing,
But the deeper the sorrow,
The closer still cling!
Oh! be kind to each other!
The night’s coming on,
When friend and when brother
Perchance may be gone.