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Show 4 JUST FOLKS By KIm. K A GUEST. ran i rviNG Yiui will praise him when he s gone, When his earthly struggle, closes You may send tho florist's roses His dark bier to lie upon: When he cannot hear or see, t You will very friendly tie. But fwere better far he'd vow. I Jf ho had your friendship now. You will speak about his worth When he has no need of fame. You will glorify his name When at l ist hf gulls the earth; And If he should die today, Many kindly things you'd say. Hut I wonder why do men Always seem to wait till then? When the frost is on his cheek And his hands lie still and cold All his good deed will bo told, I Those who re silent now will speak; When at last his Journey ends He will pass through Mnea of friends, Uuf today ho mustn't know That his neighbors love him so . Draw up. friends on either side Kor the man who llvos today! Smile at him and smooth his way, Im the line be long and wide, 1 .ft your prnine of him be said As you would if he were dead. Make hn living march as flno j As shall be his funeral line (Copyright. 1922. by Edgar A. Guest.) |