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 ...
_The proof of a man is the danger test_, _That shows him up at his worst or best_. ...
Aye, we will follow the Flag Wherever she goes, Into the tropic sun, Into the ...
This I heard the Old Flag say As I passed it yesterday: "Months ago your friendly hands ...
No war is won by cannon fire alone; The soldier bears the grim and dreary role; He ...
Vacation time! How glad it seemedWhen as a boy I sat and dreamedAbove my school books, of the funThat I ...
IT was thick with Prussian troopers, it was foul with German guns;Every tree that cast a shadow was a sheltering ...
Along a stream that raced and ran Through tangled trees and over stones,That long had heard the pipes o' ...
I work for someone else, he said;"I have no chance to get ahead.At night I leave the job behind;At morn ...
OUT of the darkness and shadow of death,Out of the anguish that wells from the tomb,Into the splendor of spiritual ...
The new - fangled churches that don't believe I thingsAren't the churches that satisfy me;I 'm firm in my notion ...
I HOLD the finest picture-booksAre woods an' fields an' runnin' brooks;An' when the month o' May has doneHer paintin', an' ...
We need a few more optimists,The kind that double up their fistsAnd set their jaws, determined-like,A blow at infamy to ...
Though victory's proof of the skill you possess,Defeat is the proof of your grit;A weakling can smile in his days ...
My religion's lovin' God, who made us, one and all,Who marks, no matter where it be, the humble sparrow's fall;An' ...
Things mostly happen for the best.However hard it seems to-day,When some fond plan has gone astrayOr what you've wished for ...
A year is filled with glad events: The best is Christmas day,But every holiday presents Its special round ...
Little lady at the altar,Vowing by God's book and psalterTo be faithful, fond and trueUnto him who stands by you,Think ...
You shall have satin and silk to wear, When my ship comes in;And jewels to shine in your raven hair, ...
It's an easy world to live in if you choose to make it so; You never need to suffer, save ...
The things that haven't been done before,Those are the things to try;Columbus dreamed of an unknown shoreAt the rim of ...
There are a thousand ways to cheat and a thousand ways to sin;There are ways uncounted to lose the game, ...
The patter of rain on the roof,The glint of the sun on the rose;Of life, these the warp and the ...
They give their all, this Christmastide, that peace on earth shall reign;Upon the snows of Flanders now, brave blood has ...
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 ...
I'm standing at my lathe all dayAnd this is what I hear it say:"The best of you, the best of ...
When sorrow comes, as come it must, In God a man must place his trust. There is no power in ...
I'M glad I have a wife at homeThat's patient, kind and true;I 'm glad a little tot of threeAt home ...
IS IT so sudden? Then did you believe, dear,Those evenings I called at your flatAnd lovingly, longingly gazed in your ...
This much I know:God does not wrong us here,Though oft His judgments seem severe And reason falters 'neath the blow,Some ...
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