James Whitcomb Riley (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
There must be great rejoicin' on the Golden Shore to-day, An' the big an' little angels must be ...
There must be great rejoicin' on the Golden Shore to-day, An' the big an' little angels must be ...
We were speakin' of excitement, an' the hair upliftin' thrills That sorter dot life's landscape, like the bill board ads. ...
Some folks there be who seem to need excitement fast and furious,An' reckon all the joys that have no thrill ...
OUT of the darkness and shadow of death,Out of the anguish that wells from the tomb,Into the splendor of spiritual ...
When mother baked an angel cake we kids would gather roundAn' watch her gentle hands at work, an' never make ...
SUNDAY in the country - that's how we spent the day, Drinking in the perfume of the fragrant breath of ...
The new - fangled churches that don't believe I thingsAren't the churches that satisfy me;I 'm firm in my notion ...
NOT over there do I awaitReward for patience here below,Not over there at Heaven's gateIs all the joy that I ...
My religion's lovin' God, who made us, one and all,Who marks, no matter where it be, the humble sparrow's fall;An' ...
God made the little boys for fun, for rough and tumble times of play;He made their little legs to run ...
THE little old-fashioned church, with the pews that were straight-backed and plain,Where the sunbeams to worship came in through the ...
Once there was a boy who neverTore his clothes, or hardly ever,Never made his sister mad,Never whipped fer bein' bad,Never ...
Argue it pro and con as you will,And flout each other with words,But the rose will bloom and the summer ...
WHAT'S a book, compared to you,Little girl?There's no story half so true,Little girl;Come now, clamber on my knee,You bring more ...
Songs of rejoicin',Of love and of cheer,Are the songs that I'm yearnin' forYear after year.The songs about childrenWho laugh in ...
A FRIEND has passed Across the bay, So wide and vast, And put away The mortal form That held his ...
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