Good books are friendly things to own. <br />If you are busy they will wait. <br />They will not call you on the phone <br />Or wake you if the hour is late. <br />They stand together row by row, <br />Upon the low shelf or the high. <br />But if you're lonesome this you know: <br />You have a friend or two nearby. <br /> <br />The fellowship of books is real. <br />They're never noisy when you're still. <br />They won't disturb you at your meal. <br />They'll comfort you when you are ill. <br />The lonesome hours they'll always share. <br />When slighted they will not complain. <br />And though for them you've ceased to care <br />Your constant friends they'll still remain. <br /> <br />Good books your faults will never see <br />Or tell about them round the town. <br />If you would have their company <br />You merely have to take them down. <br />They'll help you pass the time away, <br />They'll counsel give if that you need. <br />He has true friends for night and day <br />Who has a few good books to read.<br /><br />Edgar Albert Guest<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/good-books-2/
