Is this what you are after? LESSON IN HEROISM by Robert D. JOYCE Boy, you are come of gentle blood, Though now of poor degree, Where'er you go, may God the Good Smile on your destiny What'er your future, dark or bright Through life's bechequered span, In fortune's glow or blackest night Still prove yourself a MAN. When toiling up life's mountains rude, O'er pathways insecure, A kindly bond of brotherhood, Should bind you to the poor. Whom'er you see misfortune grip, And wither 'neath her ban, Go, grasp his hand in fellowship And prove yourself a MAN. What'er you sow in heedless youth In Manhood you will reap; Then walk in virtue's path of truth, And God's commandments keep. For Virtue is the surest sign Since life and time began Then with her arms you soul defend, And prove yourself a MAN. O Wealth, it is a faithless thing, And false are pride and fame For death may snap the human string, When loudest throats acclaim, Then, n'er let wealth, no fame nor pride Your youthful heart trepan, Let Christian honour be your guide And prove yourself a MAN.
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