GOOD BOOKS BY Edgar Guest
Good books are friendly things to own
If you are busy they will wait
They will not call you on the phone
Or wake you if the hour is late
They stand together row by row
Upon the low shelf or the high
But if you’re lonesome this you know
You have a friend or two nearby
The fellowship of books is real
They’re never noisy when you’re still
They won’t disturb you at your meal
They’ll comfort you when you are ill
The lonesome hours they’ll always share
When slighted they will not complain
And though for them you’ve ceased to care
Your constant friends they’ll still remain
Good books your faults will never see
Or tell about them round the town
If you would have their company
You merely have to take them down
They’ll help you pass the time away
They’ll counsel give if that you need
He has true friends for night and day
Who has a few good books to read
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