Poems (Coolidge)/"Thy Left Hand"

by 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.