Poems (Coolidge)/"Thy Left Hand"

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4474156Poems — "Thy Left Hand"Helen Elizabeth Coolidge

"THY LEFT HAND"
Think a thought for others,
Wise or true or kind;
Then, forget such thinking
Ever filled thy mind.

Say a word in season,
Kind or wise or true;
Then, thy voice forgetting,
Echo it anew.

Do a deed for others,
Self-denying be,
But—thy left hand never
Must the right one see.