As It Looks To The Boy (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
His comrades have enlisted, but his mother bids him stay, His soul is sick with coward shame, his head ...
His comrades have enlisted, but his mother bids him stay, His soul is sick with coward shame, his head ...
YOU never hear a woman boastOf her endurance, yet I vowThe tiniest mite o' a woman hasMore courage than a ...
To us the Flag has little meant. Each glorious stripe of red Was woven there to represent ...
She mothered five!Night after night she watched a little bed,Night after night she cooled a fevered head,Day after day she ...
At Sugar Camp the cook is kind And laughs the laugh we knew as boys;And there we slip away and ...
She mothered five! Night after night she watched a little bed,Night after night she cooled a fevered head, Day after ...
A feller isn't thinkin' mean, Out fishin';His thoughts are mostly good an' clean, Out fishin'.He doesn't knock his ...
He came down the stairs on the laughter-filled grillWhere patriots were eating and drinking their fill,The tap of his crutch ...
BEFORE you came, my little lad, I used to think that I was good, Some vicious habits, too, I had, ...
Your dream and my dream is not that we shall rest,But that our children after us shall know life at ...
A table cloth that's slightly soiled Where greasy little hands have toiled; The napkins kept in silver rings, And only ...
Way out in the woods there are brothers who readBy the light of a candle, in Greek, And in far ...
I've' felt some little thrills of pride, I've inwardly rejoicedAlong the pleasant lanes of life to hear my praises voiced;No ...
Most folks, as I've noticed, in pleasure an' strife,Are always expecting too much out of life.They wail an' they fretJust ...
You are the fellow that has to decideWhether you'll do it or toss it aside.You are the fellow who makes ...
I've trudged life's highway up and down; I've watched the lines of men march by;I've seen them in the busy ...
'Twas hard to think that he must go,We knew that we should miss him so,We thought that he must always ...
Pete bristles when the doorbell rings. Last night he didn't act the same.Dogs have a way of knowin' things, An' ...
It is better to die for the flag, For its red and its white and its blue, ...
THESE joys are free to all who liveThe rich and poor, the great and low: The charms which kindness has ...
He limped into the place one day, a leg and arm were gone, "Just half a man," he told the ...
Be more than his dad,Be a chum to the lad;Be a part of his lifeEvery hour of the day;Find time ...
BACK UP Old Age and Wrinkled Face,Come, Selfish Grown-Up, quit the place,You Pessimist, depart!Now, Gloomy Gus and Doleful Frown,There is ...
Let every day be Mother's Day!Make roses grow along her way And beauty everywhere.Oh, never let her eyes be wetWith ...
A touch of the plain and the prairie, A bit of the Motherland, too; A strain of the ...
I follow a famous father,His honor is mine to wear;He gave me a name that was free from shame,A name ...
You'll learn when you're older, that chip on your shoulderWhich you dare other boys to upsetAnd stand up and fight ...
Some folks I know, when friends drop inTo visit for awhile and chin,Just lead them round the rooms and hallsAnd ...
Sunshine and shadow and laughter and tears,These are forever the paints of the years,Splashed on the canvas of life day ...
Lord, make me tolerant and wise;Incline my ears to hear him through;Let him not stand with downcast eyes,Fearing to trust ...
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