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Show JUST FOLKS By EDfiAR A CUEST. t W LNT It's wanting keeps us young and fit. It's wantiner BORlCChlnf; just ahead, And striving hard to come to it, That brightens every road we tread. That man Is old before his time Who Is supremely satisfied ! And does not want some hill to climb Or something life has still denied The want of poverty Is grim. It has a harsh and cruel sting. But fill the cup up to the brim And that's a far more hopeless thing. A man must want from day to day, I Must war.' to reach a distant goal j Or claim ;orne pleasure far away, 1 For want'a the builder of the soul. He who has ceased to want, has dropped drop-ped The working tools of life aid stands Much Hko an old-tmic ciocl: that s stonned While Time Is mouldering bin hands I'm truly sorry for the man. Though be he millionaire 01 king. Who does no bold sumo cherished l plan And says he does not want a thing : Want la the spur that drives us on And oft its praises should be sung, For man is old when Want is gone. It's what we want that keeps us young. |