EDUCATION

       

  

        You serve as light that  illumines the path 

Of the unfortunates walking, groping in the dark;   

        You serve as a guide to those who cannot see;

To those devoid of sight, of their right, exact way.  

                 You serve as a road-sign to those who've lost their way;  

       You serve as a searchlight to those who've gone astray;

 You serve as strength to those who are weakened;

        A balsam to the sick who are devoid of medicament.

       You serve as a wing for the poor needy,

        That they might be elevated to a Life more lofty;

        You serve as a weapon for the victims of  infirmity,

        To combat the perfidious attitude of high society.

        You serve as an antidote against deplorable diseases

        That have contaminated the heart of modern

               societies;

        You hold back in place the Will that easily sways

        Toward the lures of Temptation that lie in our ways

        Without you Education, the world would be a

                vast stage

        Where Characters in the drama of Life could play

                the rule they like;

        Where Bad would reign o'er Good, and Happiness

                  could be enjoyed

        Only by the rich and wealthy, by the strong powerful.