Man’s Experience (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
A SCRAMBLE for gold,And a scurry for place,A brief pause for loving,A kiss, an embrace,A ring; then the altar,A vow ...
A SCRAMBLE for gold,And a scurry for place,A brief pause for loving,A kiss, an embrace,A ring; then the altar,A vow ...
Life is a challenge to the bold,It flings its gauntlet downAnd bids us, if we seek for goldAnd glory and ...
Perhaps the victory shall not come to me,Perhaps I shall not reach the goal I seek,It may be at the ...
A man must earn his hour of peace, Must pay for it with hours of strife and care,Must win by ...
NO MAN really knows enoughTo be hateful to his brother,None is rich enough to cuffAnd be cruel to another;None so ...
I do not think all failure's undeserved, And all success is merely someone's luck; Some men are down because they ...
One never knowsHow far a word of kindness goes;One never seesHow far a smile of friendship flees.Down, through the years,The ...
SHE wanted to be asked again,And so she wiped the dishes,She took a knife, and with the menShe helped to ...
YOU can't pay back in dollars what your father does for you,You can't repay in kindness all the tenderness he ...
DERE never was a man on earthSo wonderful or clever,Dat ever found a way t' liveOn dis ole world forever.Dere ...
HE has not lived in vain If men can say When he has passed away: "He labored not for gain." ...
These are the days when little thoughtsMust cease men's minds to occupy;The nation needs men's larger creeds,Big men must answer ...
WHENEVER men and women learn To be themselves from day to day, To spend no more than what they earn,Not ...
Who does his task from day to dayAnd meets whatever comes his way,Believing God has willed it so.Has found real ...
So long as men shall be on earth There will be tasks for them to do, Some way for them ...
TAKE your troubles Best you can. Stand right up And play the man. Face 'em justAs though you knew You ...
I like the man who stands right upAnd takes his share of praise or blame,And then, unchanged by loss or ...
The worst is yet to come:So wail the doubters glum,But here's the better view;"My best I've yet to do."The worst ...
We cannot all be men of fame,We cannot all be men of wealth, We cannot all be known by name,We ...
A FRIEND has passed Across the bay, So wide and vast, And put away The mortal form That held his ...
When he has suffered honest woe,I do not mind the man who grieves,But I hate him who stubs his toeAnd ...
Gettin' together to smile an' rejoice, An' eatin' an' laughin' with folks of your choice; An' kissin' the girls an' ...
I've trod the links with many a man, And played him club for club; 'Tis scarce a year since I ...
Ain't no use as I can see In sittin' underneath a tree An' growlin' that your luck is bad, An' ...
Here's to the men! Since Adam's time They've always been the same; Whenever anything goes wrong, The woman is to ...
My father knows the proper way The nation should be run; He tells us children every day Just what should ...
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