Show Just Folks By EDGAR A. A GUEST THE NEEDED LITTLE A little more of ot giving and a little less of ot taking laking A little more of ot sensing wh what t tour our neighbors have to bear A little more of pity for tor the oneSto ones onesto onesto to sorrow waking And wed we'd have ha more of laughter and less of bleak despair A little more of oC friendship and a little less of sneering A little more of trusting and a little less of ot doubt A little more of cheering and a little Ie less of ot jeering And wed we'd have more content content- men and much less to fret about abou t. t A little more of ot sharing sharin and a n little less loss of grasping A little more of loving and a little less of ot hate A little less of ot bickering and voices harshly rasping And we should all be stronger when the need for or strength is great grent A little more of ot charity and less lessof lessof lessof of selfish dealing A little more of ot willingness oS another's another's another's an an- others other's need to see A little more of wisdom both of ot knowing and of feeling And life would be the joyous I thing It really ought to be l C Copyright 1935 Edgar A A. Guest |