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Edgar Guest - Compensation
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I`d like to think when life is done
    That I had filled a needed post. 
That here and there I`d paid my fare
    With more than idle talk and boast; 
That I had taken gifts divine.
The breath of life and manhood fine,
    And tried to use them now and then 
    In service for my fellow men.

I`d hate to think when life is through
    That I had lived my round of years 
A useless kind, that leaves behind
    No record in this vale of tears; 
That I had wasted all my days
By treading only selfish ways,
    And that this world would be the same 
    If it had never known my name.

I`d like to think that here and there,
    When I am gone, there shall remain 
A happier spot that might have not
    Existed had I toiled for gain; 
That someone`s cheery voice and smile
Shall prove that I had been worth while;
    That I had paid with something fine 
    My debt to God for life divine.
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