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Edgar Guest - My Creed
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This is my creed: To be simple and kind, 
I To rise every morn with a song in my heart;
To the faults in my brothers to ever be blind, 
And bravely to journey, content with the part 
I am playing in life; to be gentle and true,
To suffer in silence what crosses may come; 
Unstintingly praising the good men I view,
When speech would be bitter to ever be dumb.

A kiss for my loved ones each morning and night,
A glad word of greeting for all whom I meet; 
To keep my home happy and cheerful and bright,
A haven of rest and a spot that is sweet. 
To live every day as though it were my last,
To strive to complete every task that`s begun, 
To go to my couch when the daylight is passed,
Content that I `m leaving no kind deed undone.

This is my creed: Not to wince nor to falter,
But bravely to battle alone with grim fate; 
No duty to dodge, and no principle alter,
To compromise never with wrong, to be great. 
To succeed if I can with my crest still unspotted,
But gladly to fail if to win would mean shame; 
To live all unknown with my honor unblotted,
Than hailed by the throng with a stain on my name.
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