Hard Knocks (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
I'm not the man to say that failure's sweet, Nor tell a chap to laugh when things go wrong; I ...
I'm not the man to say that failure's sweet, Nor tell a chap to laugh when things go wrong; I ...
Neaw what does the word "gradely" mean? Well I'll do my gradely best To gie yo' a gradely hint on ...
There are times a woman's love Fer a man stands out, I guess, More 'n usual, like as when Sickness ...
Yes, it's just a bunch of hosses standin' out there in the rain.The reason they are doin' it is easy ...
To DR, J. H. J. UPHAM, Columbus Ohio, Doan' lag an' fool Erlong de way- Hus'el! Doan' 'spec' to do ...
The sheep are down at the water, a-drinkin' their bloomin' fill,An' me and the dog are dozin', as herders and ...
In camp he was awkward, the sort of a manThat would upset a bucket or step in a pan.He never ...
Edgin' the doorway all the time- Cussin' the boots for Sunday! Thinkin' desertion ain't such a crime- Kickin' the boots ...
Good ev'nin', Mis' Priest. I jest stepped in to tell you Good-bye. Yes, it's all over. All my things is ...
You want to know what's the matter with me, do yer? My! ain't men blinder'n moles? It ain't nothin' new, ...
"Hullo, Alice!" "Hullo, Leon!" "Say, Alice, gi' me a couple O' them two for five cigars, Will yer?" "Where's your ...
The lawyer, are you? Well! I ain't got nothin' to say. Nothin'! I told the perlice I hadn't nothin'. They ...
The 'eathen in 'is blindness bows down to wood an' stone; 'E don't obey no orders unless they is 'is ...
We've got the cholerer in camp -- it's worse than forty fights; We're dyin' in the wilderness the same as ...
Me that 'ave been what I've been -- Me that 'ave gone where I've gone -- Me that 'ave seen ...
FOLKS ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits; Him dat giv' de squir'ls de bushtails made ...
Little brown baby wif spa'klin' eyes, Come to yo' pappy an' set on his knee. What you been doin', suh ...
KIND Sir, I've read your paper through, And faith, to me, 'twas really new! How guessed ye, Sir, what maist ...
I'm crawlin' out in the mangolds to bury wot's left o' Joe -- Joe, my pal, and a good un ...
Me and Ed and a stretcher Out on the nootral ground. (If there's one dead corpse, I'll betcher There's a ...
'Tis hard to hang a husky lad When larks are in the sky; It hurts when daffydills are glad To ...
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