We can be great by helping one another;
We can be loved for very simple deeds;
Who has the grateful mention of a brother
Has really all the honor that he needs.
We can be famous for our works of kindness -
Fame is not born alone of strength or skill;
It sometimes comes from deafness and from blindness
To petty words and faults, and loving still.
We can be rich in gentle smiles and sunny:
A jeweled soul exceeds a royal crown.
The richest men sometimes have little money,
And Croesus oft's the poorest man in town.
Greatness
Edgar Albert Guest
(1)
Poem topics: alone, brother, money, strength, soul, gentle, sunny, kindness, crown, great, town, simple, honor, grateful, sometimes, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Greatness poem by Edgar Albert Guest
Best Poems of Edgar Albert Guest