num_pages: 48
description: Presents the text of the well-known inspirational poem that advises one to "go placidly amid the noise and haste" because "you are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars."
language: English
title: Desiderata: Words For Life
titlecomplete: Desiderata: Words For Life (pob)
genres: Spirituality, Classics, Philosophy, Inspirational, Self Help, Religion, Nonfiction, Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 1115
series: Desiderata
publisher: Scholastic