Story-Time (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
"TELL us a story," comes the cry From little lips when nights are ...
"TELL us a story," comes the cry From little lips when nights are ...
The skies are blue and the sun is out and the grass is green and soft And the ...
Time was the cry went round the world: America for freedom speaks, A new flag is to-day ...
When Pa comes home, I'm at the door,An' then he grabs me off the floorAn' throws me up an' catches ...
They put him in jail for the thing he'd done, For that was the law they'd made; They turned the ...
They say my boy is bad, she said to me, A tired old woman, thin and very frail."They caught him ...
I KNEW it was comin', I'd watched fer a year Without sayin' a word to a soul excep' Ma Of ...
At Sugar Camp the cook is kind And laughs the laugh we knew as boys;And there we slip away and ...
When an empty sleeve or a sightless eyeOr a legless form I see,I breathe my thanks to my God on ...
We understand a lot of things we never did before,And it seems that to each other Ma and I are ...
Before we take an auto ride Pa says to Ma: "My dear,Now just remember I don't need suggestions from the ...
His name was Kelly Ingram; he was Alabama's son,And he whistled "Yankee Doodle," as he stood beside his gun;There was ...
I used to lose my temper an' git mad an' tear aroundAn' raise my voice so wimmin folks would tremble ...
I WAS somewhere off in Europe spending money like a king, Owned a yacht like J. P. Morgan's, when the ...
It's guessing time at our house; every evening after tea We start guessing what old Santa's going to leave us ...
When something or other has made him feel glad,His rattle he throws on the floor; The times he is good ...
Most every night when they're in bed,And both their little prayers have said,They shout for me to come upstairsAnd tell ...
H'it's h'easy to be 'appy,Don't you know;There's no sense in being snappy,Don't you know;Wot's the use h'of being grumpy,H'or a ...
The lady what comes up to our house t' wash Is awfully poor, an' she's got Three babies t' care ...
We're gittin' so we need againTo see the sproutin' seed again.We've been shut up all winter longWithin our narrow rooms;We're ...
Mothers and wives, 'tis the call to armsThat the bugler yonder prepares to sound;We stand on the brink of war's ...
Time was I thought of growing up, But that was ere the babies came;I'd dream and plan to be ...
I wonder if he'll stop to think,When the long years have traveled by,Who heard his plea: "I want a drink!"Who ...
You can tyke h'it from me, 'e's as cool as a cucumber,Never goes balmy h'or loses 'is 'ead,Nothing h'at all ...
Pa's not so very big or brave; he can't lift weights like Uncle Jim; His hands are soft like little ...
IT "S human for a womanTo enjoy a little cry;Though a man will grin and bear 'emAnd pass little troubles ...
A woman is queer, there's no doubt about that.She hates to be thin and she hates to be fat;One minute ...
I REMEMBER the first tiny cry that she gave And my heart felt a thrill that it never had known,And ...
Folks are queer as they can be,Always sayin' "don't" to me;Don't do this an' don't do that.Don't annoy or tease ...
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 ...
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