I Have Not Lived In Vain

I have not lived in vain, if one of men, Who trod the earth and breathed the air with me, Have felt the touch of man's divinity From God through me, and learned to hope again. And yet once more, I have not lived in vain If, barren here, I have gathered into me Seed that shall ripen in eternity. Fruit to mature, and buds to blossom, then. Therefore I pray that God would fill my soul Full of the might and splendour of His grace. That I may journey toward Him not alone. But that full many another of His own May travel with me, and at last the whole Of all mankind may see revealed His face.