| Show JUST FOLKS T D EDGAR UG Copyright 1032 by Edgar A. A Quest Guest TilE THE PATI PATIENT NT BOt KS Books on the shelves stand patient and serene Like old true friends who for my call await ait Then gladly come handed full to too the gate Though long n neglectful of their love lo Ive I've been And though each other we have seldom eldom seen They have not turned away n ay from me mc in hate Nor do they answer that I cry too late They cannot bridge the years ears which He lle between n. n Just as old friends In troubles trouble's hour return All AU gentle gentl tender glad of use to be Eager at once my pressing pressins need to learn leam So from the shelves old books come down to me Happy to serve me every page appears Though I have seemed ungrateful through the years ears |