It's just the little homely things, The unobtrusive, friendly things, The "won't-you-let-me-help-you" things That make our pathway light -- And it's just the jolly, joking things, The "never-mind-the-trouble" things, The "laugh-with-me, it's funny" things That make the world seem bright. For all the countless famous things, The wondrous, record-breaking things, Those "never-can-be-equalled" things That all the papers cite, Aren't like the little human things, The everyday-encountered things, The "just-because-I-like-you" things That make us happy quite. So here's to all the simple things, The dear "all-in-a-day's-work" things, The "smile-and-face-your-troubles" things, Trust God to put them right! The "done-and-then-forgotten" things, The "can't-you-see-I-love-you" things, The hearty "I-am-with-you" things That make life worth the fight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LA NOCHE TRISTE by ROBERT FROST EPITAPH IN A CHURCH-YARD IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA by AMY LOWELL CHILD OF MY HEART by EDWIN MARKHAM BOOTH'S PHILIPPI by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: THE VILLAGE ATHEIST by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |