Said And Did

Said the boy as he read, 'I too will be bold, I will fight for the truth and its glory!' He went to the playground, and soon had told A very cowardly story! Said the girl as she read, 'That was grand, I declare! What a true, what a lovely, sweet soul!' In half-an-hour she went up the stair, Looking as black as a coal! 'The mean little wretch, I wish I could fling This book at his head!' said another; Then he went and did the same ugly thing To his own little trusting brother! Alas for him who sees a thing grand And does not fit himself to it! But the meanest act, on sea or on land, Is to find a fault, and then do it!