I LIVE for those who love me, Whose hearts are kind and true, For heaven that smiles above me, And waits my spirit, too; For all the ties that bind me, 5 For all the tasks assigned me, And bright hopes left behind me, And good that I can do. I live to learn their story Whove suffered for my sake, 10 To emulate their glory, And follow in their wake; Bards, patriots, martyrs, sages, The noble of all ages, Whose deeds crown historys pages, 15 And Times great volume make. I live to hold communion With all that is divine, To feel there is a union Twixt Natures heart and mine; 20 To profit by affliction, Reap truths from fields of fiction, And, wiser from conviction, Fulfil each grand design. I live to hail that season, 25 By gifted minds foretold, When men shall rule by reason, And not alone by gold; When man to man united, And every wrong thing righted, 30 The whole world shall be lighted As Eden was of old. I live for those who love me, Whose hearts are kind and true, For heaven that smiles above me, 35 And waits my spirit too; For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do. 40