LIKE CALLS TO LIKE
If you walk as a friend - you will find a friend, wherever you choose to fare,
If you go with mirth to a far strange land you will find that mirth is there,
For the strangest part of this queer old world is that like will join with like,
And who walks with love for his fellowmen an answering love will strike.
If you walk in honor - then honest men will meet you along the way,
But if you be false - you will find men false, wherever you chance to stray.
For good breeds good, and bad breeds bad; we are met by the traits we show,
Love will find a friend at the stranger's door, where hate would find a foe,
For each of us - builds the world he knows, which only himself can spoil,
And an hour of hate, or an hour of shame, can ruin a life of toil,
And though to the farthermost ends of earth your duty may bid you fare,
If you walk with truth in your heart, you will find friends - everywhere.
by Edgar A. Guest
(1881-1959)
A prolific English-born American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century and became known as the People’s Poet.
No comments:
Post a Comment