Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-24 | Page 6 | Just Folks

Just Folks By Edgar A. A Guest CLEVER Clever is a pleasing word it is heard Every man and woman woman will At the instant think of skill At the moment eyes will lift Marking an unusual gift And the clever one will hear Admiration's lusty cheer If youre you're clever you will rise High enough to win a prize I And the throng which loves to see Skill perform will friendly be For a while the crowd will wiil hail You with cheers but should you fail fall Just as once they turned to you They will greet their hero new It n is very good to gain Cleverness of or hand and brain Practice hard and practice long Overcoming what is wrong Work with patience and with will To acquire the touch of or skill But against the blows that fall Being clever isn't all This some day you'll come to see There is so much more to be Life is sometimes hard and rough Being clevers clever's not enough Men will also ask of or you To be generous to be true To be to be kind Stout of heart and clean of mind Copyright 1941 Edgar A. A Guest