• You entered my life in a casual way,
    And saw at a glance what I needed;
    There were others who passed me or met me each day,
    But never a one of them heeded.
    Perhaps you were thinking of other folks more,
    Or chance simply seemed to decree it;
    I know there were many such chances before,
    But the others--well, they didn't see it.

    You said just the thing that I wished you would say,
    And you made me believe that you meant it;
    I held up my head in the old gallant way,
    And resolved you should never repent it.
    There are times when encouragement means such a lot,
    And a word is enough to convey it;
    There were others who could have, as easy as not--
    But, just the same, they didn't say it.

    There may have been someone who could have done more
    To help me along, though I doubt it;
    What I needed was cheering, and always before
    They had let me plod onward without it.
    You helped to refashion the dream of my heart,
    And made me turn eagerly to it;
    There were others who might have (I question that part)--
    But, after all, they didn't do it!