- BE a friend. You don’t need money;
- Just a disposition sunny;
- Just the wish to help another
- Get along some way or other;
- Just a kindly hand extended
- Out to one who’s unbefriended;
- Just the will to give or lend,
- This will make you someone’s friend.
- Be a friend. You don’t need glory.
- Friendship is a simple story.
- Pass by trifling errors blindly,
- Gaze on honest effort kindly,
- Cheer the youth who’s bravely trying,
- Pity him who’s sadly sighing;
- Just a little labor spend
- On the duties of a friend.
- Be a friend. The pay is bigger
- (Though not written by a figure)
- Than is earned by people clever
- In what’s merely self-endeavor.
- You’ll have friends instead of neighbors
- For the profits of your labors;
- You’ll be richer in the end
- Than a prince, if you’re a friend.
- Edgar Guest
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