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Henry Lawson - The Men We Might Have Been
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When God`s wrath-cloud is o`er me, 
         Affrighting heart and mind; 
     When days seem dark before me, 
         And days seem black behind; 
     Those friends who think they know me — 
         Who deem their insight keen — 
     They ne`er forget to show me 
         The man I might have been. 

     He`s rich and independent, 
       Or rising fast to fame; 
   His bright star is ascendant, 
       The country knows his name; 
   His houses and his gardens 
       Are splendid to be seen; 
   His fault the wise world pardons — 
       The man I might have been. 

   His fame and fortune haunt me; 
       His virtues wave me back; 
   His name and prestige daunt me 
       When I would take the track; 
   But you, my friend true-hearted — 
       God keep our friendship green! — 
   You know how I was parted 
       From all I might have been. 

   But what avails the ache of 
       Remorse or weak regret? 
   We`ll battle for the sake of 
       The men we might be yet! 
   We`ll strive to keep in sight of 
       The brave, the true, and clean, 
   And triumph yet in spite of 
       The men we might have been.
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