Poems (Coolidge)/Me or Thee

by Helen Elizabeth Coolidge

"ME" OR "THEE"

Which cometh first! thine answer's writ
 In letters clear wouldst thou but see;
Thy daily life, a light to guide
 Or dimmed whene'er thy choice is "me."

Which cometh first! some lives can say
 In golden deeds unconscious wrought,
That alway first there cometh "thee"
 And never time for selfish thought