The Reason For Work (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Some struggle hard for worldly fame,Some toil to have an honored name,And some have great ambition.A few there are who ...
Some struggle hard for worldly fame,Some toil to have an honored name,And some have great ambition.A few there are who ...
You have given me riches and ease,You have given me joys through the years,I have sat in the shade of ...
When day is done and the night slips down,And I've turned my back on the busy town,And come once more ...
Curling smoke from a chimney low,And only a few more steps to go,Faces pressed at a window paneWatching for someone ...
Last year he wanted building blocks, And picture books and toys,A saddle horse that gayly rocks, And games ...
The moon swings low in the sky above, And the twinkling stars shine bright,And a mother sings to her baby ...
There are noises that freeze up the blood, There's the sound of the burglar at night As he's picking the ...
Oh, we have shipped his Christmas box with ribbons red 'tis tied, And he shall find the things he ...
THEY 'RE coming home Thanksgiving Day,They 're coming back once more,And mother's smiles begin to playThe way they did beforeThe ...
I REMEMBER the first tiny cry that she gave And my heart felt a thrill that it never had known,And ...
A BABY is the best to love,She always smiles when you draw near,Though ugly you may be of face,No handsomer ...
Mother and the baby! Oh, I know no lovelier pair,For all the dreams of all the world are hovering 'round ...
It's mighty hard for Mother-I am busy through the dayAnd the tasks of every morning keep the gloomy thoughts away,And ...
IT is Slumberland time, and the storms have passed by, And the sea is now golden and still, And the ...
I stood and watched him playing, A little lad of three,And back to me came straying The years ...
Eagerly he took my dime, Then shuffled on his way,Thick with sin and filth and grime, But I wondered all ...
These are the memories of tomorrow, Smile of friend we meet today, Sympathy to soothe our sorrow, Roses blooming by ...
Pinker than the roses that enrich a summer's day, Splashing in the bath tub or just kicking them in play, ...
How much do babies cost? said heThe other night upon my knee;And then I said: "They cost a lot;A lot ...
Seems only just a year ago that he was toddling round the placeIn pretty little colored suits and with a ...
THE dream ship is ready, the sea is like goldAnd the fairy prince waits in command; There's a cargo of ...
There is sorrow in the household;There's a grief too hard to bear;There's a little cheek that's tear-stainedThere's a sobbing baby ...
His mother's eyes are saddened, and her cheeksare stained with tears,And I'm facing now the struggle that I'vedreaded through the ...
Tell me, what is half so sweetAs a baby's tiny feet,Pink and dainty as can be,Like a coral from the ...
SWEET is a rosebud, pink or red,And sweet are the blooms of May,And sweet is the fragrance about us shedOn ...
He doesn't care that I'm not rich, Or that I'm poorly dressed, That I'm a toiler in the ditch He ...
Something to talk about, something to do,Something to laugh at the whole day through,Something to look at with pride and ...
I'SPOSE the big head bendin' over my crib Is my Pa. I 'spose that wiseacre whose talk is so glib ...
Who has a troop of romping youth About his parlour floor,Who nightly hears a round of cheers, When he is ...
Up to the ceilingAnd down to the floor,Hear him now squealingAnd calling for more.Laughing and shouting,"Away up!" he cries.Who could ...
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