The Change-Worker (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
A feller don't start in to think of himself, an' the part that he's playin' down here,When there's nobody ...
A feller don't start in to think of himself, an' the part that he's playin' down here,When there's nobody ...
If certain folks that I know wellShould come to me their woes to tellI'd read the sorrow in their facesAnd ...
IN parting from a dear old friend for months, perhaps, or years, There's bound to be some bitter sobs, an' ...
No war is won by cannon fire alone; The soldier bears the grim and dreary role; He ...
It's tough when you are homesick in a strange and distant place; It's anguish when you're hungry for ...
Some folks there be who seem to need excitement fast and furious,An' reckon all the joys that have no thrill ...
When you were just our little boy, on many a night we crept Unto your cot and watched o'er ...
There's no lock upon your door, And the polish that you wore In the years ago when you were bright ...
The little woman, to her I bow And doff my hat as I pass her by;I reverence the furrows that ...
Because I am his father, theyExpect me to put grief away;Because I am a man, and roughAnd sometimes short of ...
Jim's made good in the world out there, an' Kate has a man that's true,No better, of course, than she ...
We was speakin' of folks, jes' common folks, An' we come to this conclusion, That wherever they be, on land ...
At 10 p. m.COME, let us make merry with innocent mirth, Let us drink to the year that is dying; ...
The stick-together families are happier by farThan the brothers and the sisters who take separate highways are.The gladdest people living ...
WHEN the dressmaker comes I am told to clear out,For they don't want me anywhere hanging about;At seven in the ...
The world is filled with bustle and with selfishness and greed,It is filled with restless people that are dreaming of ...
Time was when spring returned we wentTo find another home to rent;We wanted fresher, cleaner walls,And bigger rooms and wider ...
When Pa came home last night he had a package in his hand,Now Ma," said he, "I've something here which ...
YE HO, for a sight of the land that I love,And her flag floating high on the breeze;Ye ho, for ...
It's coming time for planting in that little patch of ground,Where the lad and I made merry as he followed ...
Some day the world will need a man of courage in a time of doubt,And somewhere, as a little boy, ...
I notice when the news comes in Of one who's claimed eternal glory, This simple phrase, "the ...
When Pa comes home, I'm at the door,An' then he grabs me off the floorAn' throws me up an' catches ...
The bright spots in my life are when the servant quits the place,Although that grim disturbance brings a frown to ...
I've told about the times that Ma can't find her pocketbook, And how we have to hustle round for it ...
I'VE seen the Rockies in the west, I've seen the canyons wild and grim, I've seen the prairies golden dressed, ...
They have said you needn't go to the front to face the foe;They have left you with your women and ...
They tie you down, a woman said,Whose cheeks should have been flaming redWith shame to speak of children so."When babies ...
Before we take an auto ride Pa says to Ma: "My dear,Now just remember I don't need suggestions from the ...
GLAD to be back home again,Where abide the friendly men;Glad to see the same old scenesAnd the little house that ...
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