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Show JUST FOLKS By LDGAR A. GUEST It i 'I OiaCOVERY. II did not ask to come, lie bed no wish to read. No wish to hear th drum. No dreaming of a deed, No purpose to fulfull. No gift had ho to give. Ho knew not earth, until It came hla time to live. Ha knew not flowers or skies. Night's stars or morning's tun; His mother's tender eves Were the tint had looked upon, Kre In her lap ha curled, Hoothed by her gentle arms. He did twt know the world Contained so many charms. Would he tisvo rhosen than A world he did not know? To Hv snd toll with man Would ho heve wished lo gv? With right of r ho Ice at birth What tiny aoul would dero One dy upon tho earth t-r wish to venture there? Now hero he dreams and read a, '.aovee blrda and flowers snd trees; Hhsres In all human needs; Klnda chaml ta much he sees. Though many a curtain blinds And screana from him th plan. Within himself ha finds Th wieh to be a man. (Copyright, j30t d(ar A. Guest.) |