Tell it not with heed­less scorn­ing
If your neigh­bor does a wrong;
Go to him with yearn­ing sor­row,
Breathe it not amid the throng.

Refrain

And the light you lend his path­way
May come back to bless your own;
For we know, be­yond all doubt­ing,
We shall reap as we have sown.

You may aid him by your coun­sel,
Give him strength to nob­ler do;
Help him as you’d help ano­ther
Come in kind­ness un­to you.

Refrain

If his way is dark with tri­al,
If there’s blight you ne­ver knew,
Let the man­ly heart with­in you
Prompt to som­ething brave and true.

Refrain

Stand be­side him while the sha­dow
Shifts him from his old­en place;
Shield him from the wi­ly tempt­er
That has brought the deep dis­grace.

Refrain