Classic Poem

Oh ! what a world it might be,
If hearts were always kind;
If, Friendship, none would slight thee,
And Fortune prove less blind!
With Love's own voice to guide us —
Unchangingly and fond —
With all we wish beside us,
And not a care beyond.
Oh! what a world it might be;
More blest than that of yore:
Come, learn, and 'twill requite ye,
To love each other more.

Oh! what a world of beauty
A loving heart might plan —
If man but did his duty,
And helped his brother man!
Then angel-guests would brighten
The threshold with their wings,
And Love divine enlighten
The old, forgotten springs.
Oh! what a world of beauty
A loving heart might plan —
If man but did his duty,
And helped his brother man!