Be A Friend - Edgar A. Guest (Powerful Life Poetry)
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Edgar Albert Guest was an American Poet known for his sentimental, short, upbeat verse. Critics often ridiculed his work, but America adored him as the “People’s Poet”.
Be A Friend - Edgar Albert Guest
Be a friend. You don't need money:
Just a disposition sunny;
Just the wish to help another
Get along some way or other;
Just a kindly hand extended
Out to one who's unbefriended;
Just the will to give or lend,
This will make you someone's friend.
Be a friend. You don't need glory.
Friendship is a simple story.
Pass by trifling errors blindly,
Gaze on honest effort kindly,
Cheer the youth who's bravely trying,
Pity him who's sadly sighing;
Just a little labor spend
On the duties of a friend.
Be a friend. The pay is bigger
(Though not written by a figure)
Than is earned by people clever
In what's merely self-endeavor.
You'll have friends instead of neighbors
For the profits of your labors;
You'll be richer in the end
Than a prince, if you're a friend.
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"There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend."-
Socrates
S.... absolutely correct....👍
Rite!
Great words
A real friend who understands your tears is much more valuable than alot of 'friends' who only know your smile !!
That doesn’t rhyme try a little harder next time 😂🤣😉🗣🕉🇬🇧
Beautiful poem
This is a good one!
@@sivasankar9694 not everything in poetry has to rhyme
It's impossible to get away from the judgmental paparazzi ..it is a nice poem I got a few friends that write all I know is I tried to be a friend .I tired of proving that and people don't respect honesty any more and you tell me one person thst and hubs are great at it. It's called reality . In my book we speak up we speak direct we say sorry in life where it matter s . And omg I done explsining to EVERYONE . People thst live in glass should not throw stone period ..Love endure s and I tire of enduring everyone crap .I Said I was Sorry .and i said it in many letter s Direct ..thing git mean when wounded didn't...people wont play fair love them any way And everyone a judge
be a frwend. You dont need glory.Friendship is a simple story.
Simple story....s..👍
Aww makes me think of the Winnie the Pooh story books.
“All men have stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems... But all these stars are silent. You-You alone will have stars as no one else has them... In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars will be laughing when you look at the sky at night..You, only you, will have stars that can laugh! And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me... You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure... It will be as if, in place of the stars, I had given you a great number of little bells that knew how to laugh”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
So beautiful. Poetry is an art that touches our soul.
So true
I totally agree. “You’ll be richer in the end than a prince, if you’re a friend”.
Yep, clock
"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."-
Confucius.
Silence is the loudest!
" The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other's welcome,
And say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was yourself.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life."
* Love after Love *
by Derek Walcott
Beautiful poem about loving yourself. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much ! Sometimes we really need a reminding that there is someone in our life we should love and care about - this is our " I" what we never should lose.
this is beautiful!!!!! THank you. Love yas
This poem bought me to tears. Be a friend, everyone. And love one another. I love you, dear reader. ❤️✨💫
Thanks a lot my dear
Thank you, much.⏳🌷💨💝
Too you as well
I love you too
Love you too
The best way to get a good friend is to be a good friend!
Very well said....👍
fren
Fren
"You learn who your friends are when the sh-t hits the fan."-
Ozzy Osbourne
hahaha ozzy is the best man.
You git that rght
This is great. I wouldn't have made it if it hadn't have been for a very good friend. I had another nervous breakdown in March 2016. He new just what to say and do. God bless you my brother, you know who you are 👍♥️
Bless you dr........grateful to the soul which made you stronger...
My best friend was Kim, a Labrador bearded collie cross, she was loyal, loving and faithful to the end.
Your friend is so loyal , so lovable.....so cute ....so unique..👍
A quality so rare among humans these days
Our great friend, our dog Poète, passed away on the 26th April. Loved, love, will love him always.
To make a good friend and to be a good one are tasks, equally hard. Be a friend to the world, and be a friend to yourself.♥️
Expectations may cause stress on friendships ... but willingness is all that’s needed to be a friend ... every good deed done for another is the start of a good friendship🌟
Friends knock on the door. Best friends walk into your house and start eating.👍
I’ve just realized that I could be a better friend to myself 🤯
Be a friend everyone needs to have good friends. Someone who one can trust communication always is a plus. To have someone to talk and listen too and to be sincere and honest with you. A person who will always be there when life seems so unfair. To support you and your goals til the end now that is what I feel is a friend.
A friend in need is a friend indeed!!
Rightly said my friend.
This poem really resonated with me. Wow
True friends are hard to come by so if you have one consider yourself blessed
When you can sit in comfortable silence...you are with a friend.
In the poem, the speaker talks about the importance and benefits of becoming someone's friend by helping them in one way or other.
Cheer the youth who's bravely trying...Never tire my friend
To offer yourself to someone for smiles,
To share someone's grief,
To have love in your heart for someone,
This is what life is all about.
Granted, we are poor, by the standard of our pockets.
Even so, we are rich at heart.
Perish for love that is Life,
Crave for spring that is life,
This we believe, though others may not,
That this is what life is all about.
Relationship between the heart and the hearts trust,
The name of love lives on because of us.
Even if we die, we will be remembered by someone,
That we will smile through someone's tears,
A flower will tell a bud, on and on,
That this is what life is all about.
Masha Allah🌙 Be a Friend,..Cheer the youth who's bravely trying,..🌹🍃😆
Gods bless
👍
Despite all the snide comments that have not gone unnoticed the sentiment behind this piece is touching and something the world needs to embrace more often. A nice reminder of what is and what should be ignored. “ Be a friend “ That’ll do.
The nice friendly version of edgar allen poe lol
A Good Quote, Complaining is silly, either act or forget.
a friend is everything .. a place to share stories .. joke together .. & a place to express a feeling to each other . ( poet from Indonesia )
I like that :)
@@lin90210 .. Thank you so much ( introduce me from Indonesia 😊 )
Good one...👍
@@THEGREATNESSGUIDE .. Thank so much 😊 ( poet from Indonesia )
Great video as always.
I love the work that you do, as many others it’s helped me through a lot in life. I have one small request, if you can do a poem called “When The birds” by Alexis Karpouzos
“Love is born of memory, lives from intelligence and dies from forgetfulness.”
- Pablo Neruda
"Adversity is a crucible, where friendship is tasted !"
Speak with your heart💛no words needed
👍
our government doesn't allow us to have "friends" we must be divided for the sake of diversity which appeals to our strength.
Gaze on honest effort kindly
Friendship is a simple story. Oh, what a powerful life poetry by Edgar A. Guest.👍👍👍
Marvellously recited.👍👍👍
"A friend is somebody you judge for yourself. Some are OK and they treat you real cool, but some mistake your kindness for being a fool" - Whodini
It better off having a friend in God .Most people are a pain.But if u have to have a friend make good choices.
If you embark on an uncharted path, infinite secrets will appear at the end. Always have an attitude towards life to strive to be better and allow the nature of spirituality as a path to achieve greatness. The true meaning of the samurai is one who serves and adheres to the power of love and peace. Most importantly, always has to rise and move on, because new challenges will come along the way.
Beautiful!
GOD’S POETS !
The prize jewels of any nation
Are the philosophers of the heart.
How they think is universal
For its God who makes them so smart.
Most poets tell the truth of life
Though they may wrap it in beauty.
It's their passion, not their purpose
To compose is but their duty.
Poets have no reason to lie
When the truth is always so clear.
All that others say and do
Is but food for the poet's ear.
One merit of a poet's work
Which most cannot deny.
They say more and in fewer words
To illuminate you and I.
God sent His poets down to Earth
With words of wisdom and of worth.
That they might touch the souls of men
And bring them back to Him again.
Love carries us through difficulties
We could never endure on our own.
Courage enables us to prosper in life
As the seeds of our faith are sown.
THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE IN YOUR HEART !
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i wish i had a friend
It reminds me of my hostel room mate 😭😭 Thank you Red frost motivation for such a recall
Thanks for these beautiful poems with great voice overs, if you could do one of my favorite poems from "Prayer to son" from sir Douglas MacArthur I would be very grateful. Thanks again for all, best wishes!
Blessed Ramadan
"Count your age by friends, not years, count your life by smiles not tears."-
John Lennon.
John Lennon died friendless, except for that witch he married.
Beautiful
Hlo bro from where are you?
anyone wants to be friends?
First👍
Your roaring voice shook my soul💥
Can you do "For the rest of my life" by Og Mandino?
This poem is a masterpiece, thank you.
I'm happy to have two real friends and to be one in turn.
Life is all memory 💙💚
I have no friends; I can be a friend
First👍
Friendliness is life enriching
*fwend*
You can do 10000 million things nothing for certain nothing remains so be a friend ☝️
Kindness never gets old - it has no expiration date 🦋
I wish I could tell a few friends just how much they meant to me both past and present!
They should know without your having to tell them.
A real friend, is there , no matter what , as they say in the end you always find out who your true friends are 🤔💖
Someone with trust, accountability, same direction and balls!!!
Keep uploading videos like this..
Nice👍
Keep gathering your collections my friend, it really helps 🥀
I'm now learning I need to be a good friend to myself first.. to enjoy my own company, to treat myself with respect and love.. eat a healthy diet and be in the now.. friends will mirror x
What a powerful voice👌
Amen thank you to all the friends over the years because without you all we may have not succeeded 🙏☝️☝️☝️☝️
What you put out into the world you will receive. Give love, acceptance, patience and all the other beautiful qualities of life, and you will receive them in return.
Whatever a man sow, he shall reap in the order in which he sow.
@@yomstarr Exactly!
How much time does it take to return??
@@keepcalm7453 I don't think that's a question that can be answered to be honest with you.
@@keepcalm7453 you see, the world is like a mirror, when you smile at it, a smile is what you get in return. In life, There are different seeds, which take different period to germinate, grow, shot out and thrive. So, is the good deed you are giving to the world. It might take time, it might delay but it will surely come to you looking beautiful.
It is time you do a Diogenes of Sinope, with the "traditional" voice
Nice poem, but lending money or things to someone is the best way to lose a friendship. Well, that and discussing mask policy 😂
Agreed. If willing to lend, then just give.
So my dear friend.! We're have you been Thru my storm! 🌪💔💙🌫Oh...you didn't know? Well. A friend would know. No! Maybe you weren't such a good friend after All. I still wish you All the happiness one can behold🌬🙏🏼
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The thinker..
I think, i think, therefore i know,
I know is proof! I think? , but low,
Tis only thought, of which im sure,
And thoughts not proof,
I think, not more.
For Plato said, that he was wise,
I think he was, i won't chastise,
For he knew nothing,
Like he said,
To know, is simply, thought in head,
For everything we see or hear,
Or smell or taste or touch, i fear,
Is but a thought within our mind,
and minds just think,
So all mankind,
Can only say, with certainty,
Is that they think,
Now do you see.
So next time that you say you know,
Know this, you only thought it so,
And thought and truth are not the same,
You only think and then make claim,
Like Plato said, the fact is so,
You may think,
But you'll never know....
Wow, what a great poem😢
Why shouldn't we be friends?
Why so much hate in our brain?
Both paddy and wheat are friends
Let's forget everything and be friends
That was beautiful.
I love these, you guy are the best.
“Friendship is a simple story
Pass by trifling errors blindly...”
Hello, I am translating this poem into classic Chinese poem format and making a youtube video. I hope to use your narrative at the very end for the English version. I hope you will endorse this. Thank you!
Beautiful. Thank you.
@RedFrostMotivation What is the music used in this video? It's beautiful.
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Nice poem, Smooth Delivery
I want to listen to this everyday.
Is anyone willing to be my friend? I'll treat you with respect and offer you the most beautiful things I have.
How do you actually change your voice like this? Is there some effect or do you just edit?
If u make friends in many places, ur hand will soon be full of aces, to make a friend help not for cost, for help for free is never lost, it comes around in help returned, and profit then will u have earned.
When i inter at playground i miss my friends poetry here
Be a friend but don’t be taken for granted many people who are toxic black holes who think it’s a one way street
You're right the friend is very important person in our life because he help our in any work : Wright by vibhu
Two comedians can never be friends and not in the bed they will laugh one of use right out of the bed 🤠🙃😲
I am exhausted being one.
I always enjoyed poetry, but until I started, to write myself, I don't think I truly been able to appreciate the fine writings like this and how difficult it can be to write something worth while. Also very beautiful read, excellent work by Narrator, he truly managed to bring the poem to life.
Song name not mentioned, you should give credit to musicians.
I am a friend to many, though I don't have many friends.
wow this is so beautiful
meshira vije nga njeriu si ka te ndertuar edukaten shpirtrore
😅the captured solider should be treated and kept was more than it talks
God bless you Bryan, my passed away friend.
one day I'll be united with you, when it is time for my end.
I celebrate your friendship, although to me it was brief. I will celebrate your life, or I'd be miserable in grief.
When I look back on our youth, I know our friendship was true.
If I could take back your passing, please know that I would.
I miss you soo much, that I wish it was me.
thank you so much, forever a friend in me.
RIP - Bryan Joseph Mosby!
GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN!