The Contented Man (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
I'VE had a heap of fun and I've had a heap of sorrow, I've had a heap of pleasure and ...
I'VE had a heap of fun and I've had a heap of sorrow, I've had a heap of pleasure and ...
He spent what he made, or he gave it away,Tried to save money, and would for a day,Started a bank-account ...
No war is won by cannon fire alone; The soldier bears the grim and dreary role; He ...
We were speakin' of excitement, an' the hair upliftin' thrills That sorter dot life's landscape, like the bill board ads. ...
Lady in the show case carriage, Do not think that I'm a bear; Not for worlds would I disparage ...
The good old-fashioned mothers and the good old-fashioned dads,With their good old-fashioned lassies and their good old-fashioned lads,Still walk the ...
As a golfer I'm not one who cops the money; I shall always be a member of the dubs;There are ...
I might have been rich if I'd wanted the gold instead of the friendships I've made.I might have had ...
We understand a lot of things we never did before,And it seems that to each other Ma and I are ...
I've watched him change from his bibs and things, from bonnets known as "cute,"To little frocks, and later on I ...
HE'D made a fortune out of stocks, he couldn't count his worth; He 'd hoarded up a store of gold, ...
As a golfer I'm not one who cops the money,I shall always be a member of the dubs;There are times ...
Though victory's proof of the skill you possess,Defeat is the proof of your grit;A weakling can smile in his days ...
When the umpire calls you out,It's no use to stamp and shout,Wildly kicking dust about-Play the game!And though his decision ...
You are the fellow that has to decideWhether you'll do it or toss it aside.You are the fellow who makes ...
How do you tackle your work each day? Are you scared of the job you find? Do you grapple the ...
It's an easy world to live in if you choose to make it so; You never need to suffer, save ...
Nobody hates me more than I;No enemy have I to-dayThat I so bravely must defy;There are no foes along my ...
A FRIEND of mine said yesterday: "There goes a man across the way Who paid ten thousand dollars for a ...
He was battle-scarred and ugly with the marks of shot and shell,And we knew that British Tommy had a stirring ...
The job will not make you, my boy; The job will not bring you to fameOr riches or honor ...
A BABY is the best to love,She always smiles when you draw near,Though ugly you may be of face,No handsomer ...
Good luck! That's all I'm saying, as you sail across the sea;The best o' luck, in the parting, is the ...
I want my boy to love his home, His Mother, yes, and me:I want him, wheresoe'er he'll roam, With us ...
Nobody stops at the rich man's door to pass the time of day.Nobody shouts a "hello!" to him in the ...
Would you sell your boy for a stack of gold?Would you miss that hand that is yours to hold?Would you ...
There in the flame of the open grate,All that is good in the past I see:Red-lipped youth on the swinging ...
When there's good health In the house, there is laughter everywhere,And the skies are bright and sunny and the roads ...
A LITTLE more of loving, a little less of pain,A little more of sunshine, a little less of rain;A little ...
How do you buy your money? For money is bought and sold,And each man barters himself on earth for his ...
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