July The Fourth, 1917 (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Time was the cry went round the world: America for freedom speaks, A new flag is to-day ...
Time was the cry went round the world: America for freedom speaks, A new flag is to-day ...
To happiness I raise my glass, The goal of every human, The hope of every clan and class ...
Mine is a song of hope For the days that lie before; For the grander ...
Some are eager to be famous, some are striving to be great, Some are toiling to be leaders of ...
It's tough when you are homesick in a strange and distant place; It's anguish when you're hungry for ...
God has been good to men. He gaveHis Only Son their souls to save,And then he made a second gift,Which ...
She is fair to see and sweet,Dainty from her head to feet,Modest, as her blushing shows,Happy, as her smiles disclose,And ...
A PAT on the back is a wonderful thing, It gives a man courage to whistle and sing; When hope ...
When winter shuts a fellow in and turns the lock upon his door,There's nothing else for him to do but ...
The little house has grown too small, or rather we have grownToo big to dwell within the walls where all ...
OUT of the darkness and shadow of death,Out of the anguish that wells from the tomb,Into the splendor of spiritual ...
Rough is the road I am journeying now, Heavy the burden I'm bearing to-day; ...
He's doing double duty now;Time's silver gleams upon his brow,And there are lines upon his faceWhich only passing years can ...
When I was but a little lad of six and seven and eight,One joy I knew that has been lost ...
I START the day with paper white, And put it in my old machine, And wonder whether, as I write ...
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day;I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the ...
The old days, the old days, how oft the poets sing,The days of hope at dewy morn, the days of ...
You are the fellow that has to decideWhether you'll do it or toss it aside.You are the fellow who makes ...
The dreams of youth are fairest,The dreams of youth are rarest;The dreams of youth are brighterThan the dreams we'll know ...
I have no wish, my little lad, To climb the towering heights of fame.I am content to be your dad ...
DID you ever meet a brother as you hurried on your way And invite him up to dinner, and his ...
Mother for me made excusesWhen I was a little lad;Found some reason for my conductWhen it had been very bad.Blamed ...
There is no star within the flagThat's brighter than its brothers, And when of Michigan I brag,I'm boasting of the ...
He has heard his country calling, and has fallen into line, And he's doing something bigger than his ...
One day, in ages dark and dim,A toiler, weary, worn and faint,Who found his task too much for him,Gave voice ...
Who once has had a friend has foundThe link 'twixt mortal and divine; Though now he sleeps in hallowed ground,He ...
When he was only nine months old, And plump and round and pink of cheek, A joy to tickle and ...
You're spoiling them! the mother criesWhen I give way to weepy eyesAnd let them do the things they wish,Like cleaning ...
If it's wrong to believe in the land that we love And to pray for Our Flag to the ...
If I knew a better land on this glorious world of ours,Where a man gets bigger money and is working ...
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