To A Lady Knitting (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Little woman, hourly sitting, Something for a soldier knitting, What in fancy can you see? Many pictures ...
Little woman, hourly sitting, Something for a soldier knitting, What in fancy can you see? Many pictures ...
No war is won by cannon fire alone; The soldier bears the grim and dreary role; He ...
Lady in the show case carriage, Do not think that I'm a bear; Not for worlds would I disparage ...
EVERY gentle breeze that's blowing is a tempter very knowing, For it penetrates my armor in its weakest, thinnest spot; ...
He was just a small church parson when the war broke out, and heLooked and dressed and acted like all ...
I can pass up the lure of a jewel to wear With never the trace of a sigh,The things ...
His name was Kelly Ingram; he was Alabama's son,And he whistled "Yankee Doodle," as he stood beside his gun;There was ...
I've told about the times that Ma can't find her pocketbook, And how we have to hustle round for it ...
Seemed like I couldn't stand it any more, The factory whistles blowin' day by day,An' men an' children hurryin' by ...
The glory of a soldier-and a soldier's not a saint-Is the way he does his duty without grumbling or complaint;His ...
This is the song of the many Who seldom are mentioned in praise, The glorious millions of toilers Who splendidly ...
He isn't long on speeches. At the banquet table, he Could name a dozen places where he would much ...
Little lady at the altar,Vowing by God's book and psalterTo be faithful, fond and trueUnto him who stands by you,Think ...
How's the little chap to knowJust the proper roads to goIf you never travel with himWhile he's little, hand in ...
Turn me loose and let me beYoung once more and fancy free;Let me wander where I will,Down the lane and ...
She is gentle, kind and fair,And there's silver in her hair;She has known the touch of sorrow,But the smile of ...
Somebody wants a new bonnet to wear;Somebody wants a new dress;Somebody needs a new bow for her hair,And never the ...
We've never seen the Father here, but we have known the Son,The finest type of manhood since the world was ...
He is marching dusty highways and he's riding bitter trails,His eyes are clear and shining and his muscles hard as ...
He has heard his country calling, and has fallen into line, And he's doing something bigger than his ...
If I knew a better land on this glorious world of ours,Where a man gets bigger money and is working ...
If I knew a better country in this glorious world todayWhere a man's work hours are shorter and he's drawing ...
Little girlie, kneeling there,Speaking low your evening prayer,In your cunning little nightieWith your pink toes peeping through,With your eyes closed ...
Be a friend. You don't need money;Just a disposition sunny;Just the wish to help anotherGet along some way or other;Just ...
I care not who the man may be,Nor how his tasks may fret him,Nor where he fares, nor how his ...
Lord, let me stand in the thick of the fight,Let me bear what I must without whining;Grant me the wisdom ...
We shall thank our God for gracesThat we've never known before;We shall look on manlier facesWhen our troubled days are ...
Down to work o' mornings, an' back to home at nights,Down to hours o' labor, an' home to sweet delights;Down ...
Right must not live in idleness, Nor dwell in smug content; It must be strong, against the throng Of foes, ...
To wed, or not to wed; that is the question; Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The bills ...
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