Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1911 — I Shall Be Satisfied. [ARTICLE]

I Shall Be Satisfied.

I shall be satisfied. If, when My labors on the earth are done, And I am called to God again, Behind me I have left not one Who harbors bitter thoughts of me And mutters that I wronged him here; If I can face Death fearlessly, And face him with a conscience clear. I shall be satisfied to die If I can only leave behind A few on earth to testify. That I was honest, patient, kind. And though I leave no hoard of gold, And pass, but little known, from here I’ll face Death’s angel, stanch and bold, L If I can keep my conscience clear. I have no wish to rise to fame, I have no wish to clamber high And have the world applaud my name; That will not help me when I die. I’m satisfied to plod along And do my best, year after year. To face the fight, however strong, But still to keep my conscience clear.