Angry Words

Angry words! O let them nev­er

From the tongue un­bri­dled slip

May the heart’s best im­pulse ev­er

Check them ere they soil the lip.

Love one an­oth­er

thus saith the Sav­ior;

Children

obey the Fa­ther’s blest com­mand.

Love each oth­er

love each oth­er

’Tis the blest com­mand.

Love is much too pure and ho­ly

Friendship is too sac­red far

For a mo­ment’s reck­less fol­ly

Thus to de­so­late and mar.

Angry words are light­ly spok­en

Bitterest thoughts are rash­ly stirred

Brightest links of life are brok­en

By a sin­gle ang­ry word.