Is anybody happier because you passed this way?
Does anyone remember that you spoke to them today?
The day is almost over, and the toiling time is through:
Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word of you?

Can you say tonight in parting with the day that's slipping fast,
That you helped a single person of the many that you passed?
Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said?
Does the one whose hopes were fading now with courage look ahead?

Did you waste the day or use it? Was it well or sorely spent?
Did you leave a trail of kindness or a scar of discontent?
As you close your eyes in slumber, do you think that God will say:
You have earned one more tomorrow by what you did today"?

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