The Value Of A Telephone (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
LAST night we had a hurry call to go to daughter May, Her husband said that Ma and me were ...
LAST night we had a hurry call to go to daughter May, Her husband said that Ma and me were ...
Some folks there be who seem to need excitement fast and furious,An' reckon all the joys that have no thrill ...
The little woman, to her I bow And doff my hat as I pass her by;I reverence the furrows that ...
They put him in jail for the thing he'd done, For that was the law they'd made; They turned the ...
If he should meet a mother there Along some winding Flanders road, No extra touch of grief ...
Oh, little girl with eyes of brownAnd smiles that fairly light the town,I wonder if you really knowJust why it ...
You can boast your round of pleasures, praise the sound of popping corks,Where the orchestra is playing to the rattle ...
She never closed her eyes in sleep till we were all in bed;On party nights till we came home she ...
He came down the stairs on the laughter-filled grillWhere patriots were eating and drinking their fill,The tap of his crutch ...
They've hung their stockings up with care,And I am in my old arm chair,And mother's busy dragging outThe parcels hidden ...
I can't help thinkin' o' the lad! Here's summer bringin' trees to fruit,An' every bush with roses clad, An' nature ...
GLAD to be back home again,Where abide the friendly men;Glad to see the same old scenesAnd the little house that ...
I HOLD the finest picture-booksAre woods an' fields an' runnin' brooks;An' when the month o' May has doneHer paintin', an' ...
Way out in the woods there are brothers who readBy the light of a candle, in Greek, And in far ...
Little lady at the altar,Vowing by God's book and psalterTo be faithful, fond and trueUnto him who stands by you,Think ...
He isn't very brilliant and his pace is often slow, There's nothing very flashy in his style; He has to ...
We have wandered afar in our hunting for pleasure, We have scorned the soul's duty to gather up treasure; ...
THEY 'RE coming home Thanksgiving Day,They 're coming back once more,And mother's smiles begin to playThe way they did beforeThe ...
When will the laughter ring again in the way that it used to do?Not till the soldiers come home again, ...
We are done with little thinking and we're done with little deeds,We are done with petty conduct and we're done ...
Sunshine and shadow, blue sky and gray,Laughter and tears as we tread on our way;Hearts that are heavy, then hearts ...
Nobody stops at the rich man's door to pass the time of day.Nobody shouts a "hello!" to him in the ...
Life is a struggle for peace, A longing for rest, A hope for the battles to cease, ...
THE dream ship is ready, the sea is like goldAnd the fairy prince waits in command; There's a cargo of ...
IT isn't the blue in the skies, Nor the song of the whispering trees, The light in a fair maiden's ...
The golden dreamboat's ready, all her silken sails are spread,And the breeze is gently blowing to the fairy port of ...
I have known the green trees and the skies overheadAnd the blossoms of spring and the fragrance they shed;I have ...
Argue it pro and con as you will,And flout each other with words,But the rose will bloom and the summer ...
LAUGHTER and song and mirth, Roses that drip with dew, These are the joys of earth; Sunshine and skies of ...
Peace, unto this house, I pray,Keep terror and despair away;Shield it from evil and let sinNever find lodging room within.May ...
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