The Honor Roll (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
The boys upon the honor roll, God bless them all, I pray! God watch them when they sleep at ...
The boys upon the honor roll, God bless them all, I pray! God watch them when they sleep at ...
GLAD to be back home again,Where abide the friendly men;Glad to see the same old scenesAnd the little house that ...
The other night 'bout two o'clock, or maybe it was three,An elephant with shining tusks came chasing after me.His trunk ...
HUSH, little ones don't make a noisePick up your dolls and pick up your toys,Pick up your Teddy Bear, Johnny, ...
I may never be a hero, I am past the limit now,There are pencil marks of silver Time has left ...
As when a little babe is born the parents cannot guessThe story of the future years, their grief or happiness,So ...
The things that make a soldier great and send him out to die,To face the flaming cannon's mouth, nor ever ...
He wears a long and solemn faceAnd drives the children from his place;He doesn't like to hear them shoutOr race ...
Give me the house where the toys are strewn, Where the dolls are asleep in the chairs,Where the building blocks ...
She said she was sorry the weather was badThe night that she asked us to dine;And she really appeared inexpressibly ...
My Pa can hit his thumbnail with a hammer and keep still; He can cut himself while shaving an' not ...
They say we must not hate, nor fight in hate.I've thought it over many a solemn hour,And cannot mildly view ...
There's a twinkle in her eye,O, so merry! O, so sly!That you never see the wrinkles in her face; She's ...
There've been times we'd disagree Somethin' awful, Ma an' me; Times when I would bang the door Never to come ...
UNDER a tree where the breezes blow, There is the spot that it's good to go With the children bronzed ...
Been down to the art museum an' looked at a thousand things,The bodies of ancient mummies an' the treasures of ...
There's a battered old drum on the floor, And a Teddy bear sleeps in my chair, There's a doll carriage ...
She is gentle, kind and fair,And there's silver in her hair;She has known the touch of sorrow,But the smile of ...
It's "be a good boy, Willie," And it's "run away and play,For Santa Claus is coming With his ...
Been down to the art museum an' looked at a thousand things,The bodies of ancient mummies an' the treasures of ...
When day is done and the night slips down,And I've turned my back on the busy town,And come once more ...
Where is the road to Arcady, Where is the path that leads to peace, Where shall I find the bliss ...
We have wandered afar in our hunting for pleasure, We have scorned the soul's duty to gather up treasure; ...
The path o' little children is the path I want to tread,Where green is every valley and every rose is ...
I know a wonderful land, I said,Where the skies are always blue,Where on chocolate drops are the children fed,And coconut ...
Apples on the table an' the grate-fire blazin' high,Oh, I'm sure the whole world hasn't any happier man than I;The ...
Let every day be Mother's Day!Make roses grow along her way And beauty everywhere.Oh, never let her eyes be wetWith ...
Sittin' on the porch at night when all the tasks are done,Just restin' there an' talkin', with my easy slippers ...
Looks as though a cyclone hit him—Can't buy clothes that seem to fit him;An' his cheeks are rough like leather,Made ...
If I knew a better land on this glorious world of ours,Where a man gets bigger money and is working ...
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