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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOOD SCOUTS, by WALT MASON Poet's Biography
First Line: There are so many noble gents in this
Last Line: To their circle called, you know you have not lived in vain.
Subject(s): Scouting & Scouts
First Line: There are so many noble gents in this
Last Line: To their circle called, you know you have not lived in vain.
Subject(s): Scouting & Scouts
THERE are so many noble gents in this bright world of joy and glee, that men who
seem like eighteen cents don't need to worry you or me. We do not need
associates who are not built to put up ice, we need not mingle with the skates
who would be dear at any price. The woods are full of splendid scouts whose
friendship is a thing to prize, but if you herd with down-and-outs, you cannot
to such friendship rise. Man must be honest, good and straight, if he'd have
friends who're worth the while; he cannot trot a crooked gait and be considered
quite in style. The men whose friendship is a boon are found all o'er this
cheerful earth; they do not give a picayune for anything but sterling worth. You
may be poor, you may be bald, you may have water on the brain, but when you're
to their circle called, you know you have not lived in vain.
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