Classic Poem

SHALL I be good?
— I dare not be as He.
I dare not sin.
— Is that the good in me?
" Call me not good! " said He when once He trod
This earth. " There is but one good, that is God. "

Shall I be good?
— Vainly I try,
For Satan is more strong,
— Braver than I.
Each time I fail before him. From the rood
Look down on me, O God, to me be good!