Show I I S A ADAY DAY WITH FRIENDS A day With friends lends away from care ale And all the burdens men must bear Away from every urgent need I From Irem selfishness and petty gr greed Where talk talI is all aU of books and plays And And bygone jo joys s 's of yesterdays l lA A day clay friends and friends and let it be Beneath some pome spreading maple tree Where noise and clamor never break breal The calm cairn which h sky and me meadow doW make Where never ell traffics traffic's dusty pac Blots out the beau beauty of the h place i. i Wl Where each for all aU and all ali for each each ch There Ther Is no 1 cunning nning In in the speech No thought of of profit save gave the the gainIn gain s In liveliness of heart art and brain brainAnd And those more lasting riches wrought By fr interchange e of thought A r day with friends friends friends throughout t the yea years s But Dut seldom such a day appears When hen fame and money hope and doubt And gain and loss are all shut out And every thought t that's ats at's uttered springs From dreams and sweet imaginings Copyright 1926 Edgar A A. Guest |