XLII + 

Fair Words + 

Thy words are good, and freely given, + 

As though thou felt them true; + 

Friend, think thee well, to hell or heaven + 

A serious heart is due. + 

It pains thee sore, man’s will should swerve + 

In his true path divine; + 

And yet thou ventur’st nought to serve + 

Thy neighbour’s weal nor thine. + 

Beware! such words may once be said, + 

Where shame and fear unite; + 

But, spoken twice, they mark instead + 

A sin against the light. + 