"I look into the faces of the people passing by,

The glad ones and the sad ones, and the lined with misery,

And I wonder why the sorrow or the twinkle in the eye;

But the pale and weary faces are the ones that trouble me."

The Path to Home (1919)

Edgar A. Guest died #OTD in 1959. He became known as the People's Poet. His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life. via nostr:npub1kvnpp3m60derhwpqwc09zhk3ehk48tr6agc6dk9z2vggu9sga28qpxhm73

Books by Edgar A. Guest at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/182

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