A BABY is the best to love, <br />She always smiles when you draw near, <br />Though ugly you may be of face, <br />No handsomer may interfere <br />And win her heart away from you, <br />Despite your faults she's always true; <br />And though you be unknown to fame, <br />A baby's love remains the same. <br /> <br />A baby's eyes are always bright, <br />A baby's lips are always red, <br />And, O, a baby's voice is sweet, <br />Though not a word she's ever said. <br />A baby loves you for yourself, <br />She's not entranced by sordid pelf; <br />Though other loves may leave a smart, <br />A baby never breaks your heart. <br /> <br />It matters not though you be poor <br />And friendless in the outside world, <br />The moment that you cross the door <br />That baby in your arms is curled. <br />Though all the world may jibe and jeer, <br />A baby smiles when you draw near; <br />Through joy or sorrow, weal or woe, <br />With you, a babe is glad to go. <br /> <br />Ah, lucky man, indeed, is he <br />Who has a babe at home to love; <br />All that men now are striving for, <br />He owns a treasure far above. <br />Though fate may rob him of his gold <br />And bare him in the winter's cold, <br />And drag him down to deep despair, <br />His baby still will count him fair.<br /><br />Edgar Albert Guest<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-baby-s-love/
