Parallel Reading
Good Books
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.
Edgar
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