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Edgar Guest - Our Little NeedsEdgar Guest - Our Little Needs
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A LITTLE more of loving, a little less of pain, A little more of sunshine, a little less of rain; A little more of friendship, a little less of strife— These are what we `re wanting to make the perfect life. A little more of laughter and fewer, fewer sighs, A little more of twinkling, than sorrow in our eyes; A little more forbearance, a little less of hate, A little more of patience, less quarreling with Fate. A little more of kindness, a little less severe, A little more of sweetness, a little less austere, A little more of honor and less of business greed, See, brother, see how little it is we really need! A little more of silence and less of hasty speech, A little more of practice and less desire to preach; A little more of smiling, with fewer drooping chins, A little more of virtues, with fewer petty sins. A little more of praising, a little less of blame, More thought for all our loved ones and less for future fame; A little more of doing than talking of the deed, See, brother, see how little it is we really need.
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