Show 1 f- f II MAN AND THE E EI I ask no greater favor tavor than to beFriend be beFriend Friend of the sunshine brother to a tree Neighbor 1 to beauty and in turn to give ghe Some little foy by to others while I live live- To have In me that gift gUt for tor happiness 1 7 Which trees and stars and violets p possess ss i t l I Men n find delight in brooks and running streams stream Beneath a trea a weary traveler dreams Roses make glad Innumerable hearts Unmeasured Joy the morning sun Imparts And since all ll nature wears a gentle grace So I with beauty would enrich my place Some Som stand tand enraptured gazing on a tree So let men find some little tittle charm chann in me Pansies are loved and welcomed In the sp p ing The world grows brighter when the linnets sing Brother to these I J too would pay with mirth th And happy memories for m- m my stay on earth Must lust the unthinking tree b ho 00 kinder than I to the weary dusty fellow follow man 7 Must men rejoice to see an elm at at morn moco mornAnd And find no Joy because I too was as born Surely I have It In my power to be beAs beAs beAs As friendly and as gracious a. a as s a tr tree Copyright 1926 Edgar A A. Guest GueM |