Care-Free Youth (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
The skies are blue and the sun is out and the grass is green and soft And the ...
The skies are blue and the sun is out and the grass is green and soft And the ...
The kids are out-of-doors once more; The heavy leggins that they wore, The winter caps that covered ears Are put ...
There never was a family without its homely man,With legs a little longer than the ordinary plan,An' a shock of ...
We were speakin' of excitement, an' the hair upliftin' thrills That sorter dot life's landscape, like the bill board ads. ...
The handy man about the houseIs old and bent and gray;Each morning in the yard he toils,Where all the children ...
Last night I got to thinkin' of the pleasant long ago,When I still had on knee breeches, an' I wore ...
Last night Pa said to Ma: "My dear, it's gettin' on to fall,It's time I did a little job I ...
When my hair is thin and silvered, an' my time of toil is through, When I've many years behind me, ...
I've told about the times that Ma can't find her pocketbook, And how we have to hustle round for it ...
He's doing double duty now;Time's silver gleams upon his brow,And there are lines upon his faceWhich only passing years can ...
I saw him in the distance, as the train went speeding by,A shivery little fellow standing in the sun to ...
Most every night when they're in bed,And both their little prayers have said,They shout for me to come upstairsAnd tell ...
I'M allus glad when my Pa gets backFrom the shu-shu cars and the railroad track,Or a big boat ride, which ...
You shall have satin and silk to wear, When my ship comes in;And jewels to shine in your raven hair, ...
When the hair about the temples starts to show the signs of gray,And a fellow realizes that he's wandering far ...
THE man of his word met a maid on the beach, I The fine art of swimming he offered to ...
She is gentle, kind and fair,And there's silver in her hair;She has known the touch of sorrow,But the smile of ...
IT "S human for a womanTo enjoy a little cry;Though a man will grin and bear 'emAnd pass little troubles ...
Somebody wants a new bonnet to wear;Somebody wants a new dress;Somebody needs a new bow for her hair,And never the ...
In the corner she's left the mechanical toy, On the chair is her Teddy Bear fine;The things that I ...
Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora was the guest of E. LeRoy Pelletier at luncheon Wednesday.-From the news column. TWO long-haired ...
THEY 'RE coming home Thanksgiving Day,They 're coming back once more,And mother's smiles begin to playThe way they did beforeThe ...
AGE is calling to me, with his finger long and grim, It is urging me to wander down the dreary ...
Mothers never change, I guess,In their tender thoughtfulness.Makes no difference that you growUp to forty years or so,Once you cough, ...
What is the glory of age? I said, "A hoard of gold and a few dear friends? ...
I mustn't forget that I'm gettin' old,That's the worst thing ever a man can do.I must keep in mind without ...
ALL women are lovely and radiantly fairIn the magazine pages today,They all have a mop of luxuriant hair,In the magazine ...
Ma says no, it's too much care An' it will scatter germs an' hair, An' it's a nuisance through and ...
When I was but a little lad, my old Grandfather saidThat none should wind the clock but he, and so, ...
The sweetest soul I ever knewI Had suffered untold sorrow,Had wept full many a long night throughAnd feared the dark ...
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