Show Just FolI Folks s By Edgar A. A Guest BETTERING TIlE THE WORLD WOULD I would that I 1 could change the world And leave the flags of hatred furled My lif life I think would be well spent If I could banish discontent And wash away the wrongs of earth In floods of fellowship and mirth But this is such a mighty task Of one it seems too much to ask Thus troubled sore I 1 sit and pine Because such little strength is mine So brief my years my gifts so few Against the evils that I view I am convinced that I alone Could never make my presence known And so complacent I 1 remain Telling myself such dreams are vain Yet if alone I dared to be From all the petty hatreds free If I should touch my dwelling place With just a little more more of grace And in this life of mine I should Supplant what's base with what is good By just that much it seems to me This troubled world would better bet bet- ter be Copyright 1 1937 37 for The Tele Telegram rain A S |