TRUISMS. 89 



A moment's well directed zeal 



May rescue from tlie grave, 

 But, oh, be careful to conceal 



The hand held out to save. 



With honest but determined tact 



Against repayment guard, 

 For know that every virtuous act 



Will be its own reward. 



Leam day by day to struggle less 



For power, fame or pelf; 

 And errore of the past redress 



By quite forgetting self. 



