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It is often, yes, often that the man who swears / Is a man who dares and a man who cares; / For the gentle voice and the eye of blue / Will sometimes tell of a heart less true / Than the rough, cold voice and manner stern -- / And you some day this truth will learn: / That often, yes, often that the man who swears / Is a man who dares and a man who cares.
When you are sick with fever and pain, / Who comes to ease your weary brain? / Is it the friend with the eyes of blue / And gentle voice that comes to you, / Or, is it the one with manner cold / And voice so stern and ways so bold, / That presses a hand on your fevered brow / And soothes your troubled spirits now.