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to us:
TELL HIM NOW

If with pleasure you are viewing any
   work a man is doing.
If you like him or you love him, 
   tell him now.
Don't withhold your approbation till 
   the parson makes oration
And he lies with snowy lilies o'er
   his brow.
For, no matter how you shout it, he
   won't really care about it;
He won't know how many tear 
   drop you have shed.
If you think some praise is due him, 
   now's the time to slip it to him,
For he cannot read his tombstone 
   when he's dead.

More than fame and more than 
    money is the comment, kind 
    and sunny,
And the hearty, warm approval of 
    a friend,
For it gives to life a savor, and it
    makes you stronger, braver,
And it gives you heart and spirit
    to the end.
If he earns your praise, bestow it;
    if you like him, let him know it;
Let the words of true encourage-
    ment be said.
Do not wait till life is over and he's 
    underneath the clover,
For he cannot read his tombstone
    when he's dead
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