Said and Did + 

Said the boy as he read, “I too will be bold, + 

I will fight for the truth and its glory!” + 

He went to the playground, and soon had told + 

A very cowardly story! + 

Said the girl as she read, “That was grand, I declare! + 

What a true, what a lovely, sweet soul!” + 

In half-an-hour she went up the stair, + 

Looking as black as a coal! + 

“The mean little wretch, I wish I could fling + 

This book at his head!” said another; + 

Then he went and did the same ugly thing + 

To his own little trusting brother! + 

Alas for him who sees a thing grand + 

And does not fit himself to it! + 

But the meanest act, on sea or on land, + 

Is to find a fault, and then do it! + 