1.I live for those whlove me,Whose hearts are kind and true;For the heaven that smiles above me,And awaits my spirit,too;For all human ties that bind me,For the task my God assigned1 me,For the bright hopes left behind me,And the good that I can do.
2.I live tlearn their story,Whsuffered for my sake;Temulate2 their glory,And follow in their wake3;Bards,patriots,martyrs4,sages5,The noble of all ages,Whose deeds crown History’s pages,And Time‘s great volume make.
3.I live thail6that season,By gifted minds foretold,1Assigned,allotted,marked out.2Emulate,tstrive tequal or excel,trival.3Wake,the track left by a vessel in the water,hence,figuratively,in the train of. Bard,a poet. 4Martyr,one whsacrifices what is of great value thim for the sake of principle.5Sage,a wise man. 6Hail,tsalute.When man shall live by reason,And not alone by gold;When man tman united,And every wrong thing righted,The whole world shall be lighted As Eden was of old.
4.I live for those whlove me,For those whknow me true;For the heaven that smiles above me,And awaits my spirit,too;For the cause that needs assistance,For the wrongs that need resistance,For the future in the distance,And the good that I can do.