"What is the real good?" I ask in musing mood.

"Order" said the law court;
"Knowledge" said the school;
"Truth" said the wise man;
"Pleasure" said the fool;
"Love" said the maiden;
"Beauty" said the page;
"Freedom" said the dreamer;
"Home" said the sage;
"Fame" said the soldier;
"Equity" said the seer;

Spake my heart fully sad:
"The answer is not here"

Then within my bosom,
Softly this I heard:
"Each heart holds the secret:
'Kindness' is the word"

~ John Boyle O'Reilly ~