Tonsils (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
One day the doctor came because my throat was feeling awful sore,And when he looked inside to see he said: ...
One day the doctor came because my throat was feeling awful sore,And when he looked inside to see he said: ...
Not somewhere in America, but everywhere to-day,Where snow-crowned mountains hold their heads,the vales where children play,Beside the bench and whirring ...
Under the toiler's grimy shirt,Under the sweat and the grease and dirt,Under the rough outside you view,Is a man who ...
The dreams of youth are fairest,The dreams of youth are rarest;The dreams of youth are brighterThan the dreams we'll know ...
We have boasted our courage in moments of ease,Our star-spangled banner we've flung on the breeze;We have taught men to ...
Pa's not so very big or brave; he can't lift weights like Uncle Jim; His hands are soft like little ...
OLD-FASHIONED folks! God bless 'em all! The fathers an' the mothers, The aunts an' uncles, fat an' tall, The sisters ...
Courage isn't a brilliant dash,A daring deed in a moment's flash;It isn't an instantaneous thingBorn of despair with a sudden ...
Somebody wants a new bonnet to wear;Somebody wants a new dress;Somebody needs a new bow for her hair,And never the ...
THEY say somewhere in the distance fair,Is the town of Nothing-to-Do,Where the sun, they say, shines every dayAnd the skies ...
People liked him, not becauseHe was rich or known to fame;He had never won applauseAs a star in any game.His ...
Figure it out for yourself, my lad,You've all that the greatest of men have had,Two arms, two hands, two legs, ...
Be more than his dad,Be a chum to the lad;Be a part of his lifeEvery hour of the day;Find time ...
He is marching dusty highways and he's riding bitter trails,His eyes are clear and shining and his muscles hard as ...
We have wandered afar in our hunting for pleasure, We have scorned the soul's duty to gather up treasure; ...
Come you with dangers to fright us? or hazardsto try out our souls?Then may you find us undaunted; determined toget ...
They give their all, this Christmastide, that peace on earth shall reign;Upon the snows of Flanders now, brave blood has ...
The mother on the sidewalk as the troops are marching byIs the mother of Old Glory that is waving in ...
The great were once as you.They whom men magnify to-dayOnce groped and blundered on life's way,Were fearful of themselves, and ...
Mother and the baby! Oh, I know no lovelier pair,For all the dreams of all the world are hovering 'round ...
When will the laughter ring again in the way that it used to do?Not till the soldiers come home again, ...
Let every day be Mother's Day!Make roses grow along her way And beauty everywhere.Oh, never let her eyes be wetWith ...
We have room for the man with an honest dream,With his heart on fire and his eyes agleam;We have room ...
I'm not the man to say that failure's sweet, Nor tell a chap to laugh when things go wrong; I ...
Eagerly he took my dime, Then shuffled on his way,Thick with sin and filth and grime, But I wondered all ...
I follow a famous father,His honor is mine to wear;He gave me a name that was free from shame,A name ...
SOMEBODY spoke a cheering word,Somebody praised his labor,And something deep in his soul was stirred,That night he smiled at his ...
Pledged to the bravest and the best,We stand, who cannot share the fray,Staunch for the danger and the test.For them ...
Out of it all shall come splendor and gladness; Out of the madness and out of the sadness, ...
Show the flag and let it waveAs a symbol of the braveLet it float upon the breezeAs a sign for ...
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