Teach us to look in all our ends, On Thee for judge, and not our friends; That we, with Thee, may walk uncowed By fear or favour of the crowd.
Teach us the Strength that cannot seek, By deed or thought, to hurt the weak; That, under Thee, we may possess Man's strength to comfort man's distress.
Teach us Delight in simple things, And Mirth that has no bitter springs; Forgiveness free of evil done, And Love to all men 'neath the sun!
Land of our Birth, our faith, our pride, For whose dear sake our fathers died; O Motherland, we pledge to thee Head, heart and hand through the years to be!
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End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Puck of Pook's Hill, by Rudyard Kipling