"OH, SPEAK OF A MAN AS YOU FIND HIM" by ANONYMOUS

Oh, speak of a man as you find him,
And censure alone what you see,
And should a man blame, let's remind him,
From vice we are none of us free;
If the veil from the heart could be torn
And the mind could be read on the brow,
There are many we'd pass by with scorn,
We are loading with high honours now.

Let's speak of a man as we find him,
And heed not what others may say,
If he's frail, why, a kind word may bind him,
When coldness might turn him away,
For the heart must be barren indeed
Where no bud of repentance can bloom,
Then why should we cause it to bleed
If a smile or a frown change its doom.

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