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By EDGAR A. GUEST 1 U ^ 1 ' ULI\Jj 



(Copyright, 1920. by Eflffar A. Guest) 



THE SUNSHINE OF 



TODAY 



Let me go singing down the way 

 ,' Claiming the sunshine of today. 



• The future skies that are to be, 

 ,' it may not be my iot to see, 



, But they, when, all is said and done, 

 j Will know the same old'kindly sun. 1 



i If now the sun is overhead 

 j And round my feet are roses red, 

 [ I can rejoice and claim that I 

 i Know all the splendor of the sky. 

 f No lovelier beauty shall there be 

 f On earth through all eternity. 



[ Tomorrow's sun, for which men. 

 i pray, 



. Shall be the sun which shjnes to- 



| day, 



! And men a thousand years from 



• .-• now' 



; Beneath the self-same skies shall 

 v bow; 



i This June with loveliness to see 

 r Is all that June shall ever be. 



■ So I would walk along my way, 

 ' Glad with the sunshine of today; 

 I can be steadfast, knowing this— j 

 Despite the trifling joys I miss, 

 That future ages shall not own 

 More loveliness than I have known. 



Men's lives may change— in better 



ways 



And happier, they may spend their 

 days, 



They may grow kindlier and give 

 More thought to know their broth- 

 ers live, 



But never shall the sun display 

 More splendor than it does today. ; 



\ THE GENTLE LAjNES j 



I Let me tread the gentle lanes ] 



Where the kindly people are. j 



I Where the light from window panes j 



£ Gleams and glistens from afar; i 

 \ Let me walk with men 1 know, 

 [ Never haughty, seldom great, 

 i And I've strength for every blow 

 : And a friend for every fate. 



\ Let me hear the laughter ring j 



; That proclaims the simple joys, ' ) 

 ', Let me share the chattering 



Of a pack of girls and boys; ] 



\ Let me live among the men j 



Who are toiling day by day. j 



■ And I "shan't be friendless when j 

 ; Care and sorrow come my way. ; 



j Let me sit awhile and rest •] 

 ! In the fellowship and cheer 



■ Of the men 1 like the best; j 

 I Men of useful service here. | 

 i Strong of arm and brown of face, j 

 | Hands that shape and build and j 

 [ mold, | 

 • For in their abiding place 



| Life is rich with more than gold, j 



\ Not. in places high or low ( j 



[ Dwells the courage of the race; ] 



i Many glorious blossoms grow 



I In a soil that's commonplace; ' 



; And it's on the simple lanes 



> That the men of worth are found, f 



; There it is that kindness reigns, 



! There the joys of life abound. 



