WHEN over the fair fame of friend or foe The shadow of disgrace shall fall, instead Of words of blame, or proof of thus and so, Let something good be said. Forget not that no fellow-being yet May fall so low but love may lift his head: Even the cheek of shame with tears is wet, If something good be said. No generous heart may vainly turn aside In ways of sympathy; no soul so dead But may awaken strong and glorified, If something good be said. And so I charge ye, by the thorny crown, And by the cross on which the Saviour bled, And by your own soul's hope of fair renown, Let something good be said! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO AN INTRA-MURAL RAT by MARIANNE MOORE DINNER IN A QUICK LUNCH ROOM by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET THE EXISTING POOL by HAYDEN CARRUTH O DREAMS, O DESTINATIONS by CECIL DAY LEWIS THE FLOWER BOAT by ROBERT FROST LET ME NOT HATE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |