My Proud Pa (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
I'SPOSE the big head bendin' over my crib Is my Pa. I 'spose that wiseacre whose talk is so glib ...
I'SPOSE the big head bendin' over my crib Is my Pa. I 'spose that wiseacre whose talk is so glib ...
Who has a troop of romping youth About his parlour floor,Who nightly hears a round of cheers, When he is ...
This is the thing we fight:A cry of terror in the night;A ship on work of mercy bent-A carrier of ...
Little mother, life's adventure calls your boy away,Yet he will return to you on some brighter day;Dry your tears and ...
I never knew, until they went,How much their laughter really meantI never knew how much the placeDepended on each little ...
The leaves are falling one by one,The Summer days are past and gone,The nights are cool and damp;The little children ...
THERE'S the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate,And the little parlor windows with the curtains white ...
Life is a jest; Take the delight of it.Laughter is best; Sing through the night of it.Swiftly the tear And ...
Life is a jest; Take the delight of it.Laughter is best; Sing through the night of it.Swiftly the tear And ...
Heard of Contradictin' Joe?Most contrary man I know.Always sayin', "That's not so."Nothing's ever said, but heSteps right up to disagree--Quarrelsome ...
Down to work o' mornings, an' back to home at nights,Down to hours o' labor, an' home to sweet delights;Down ...
God grant me kindly thought And patience through the day, And in the things I've wrought Let no ...
A warm house and a ruddy fire,To what more can man aspire?Eyes that shine with love aglow,Is there more for ...
I'LL never be rich. I'm too fond of the joy Of a certain small girl And a certain small boy; ...
AIRY, fairy Lillian,What a naughty thing to do,By noon had read a LauraLibbey paper novel through.By four o'clock anotherTale of ...
For all the beauties of the day,The innocence of childhood's play,For health and strength and laughter sweet,Dear Lord, our thanks ...
The whistle sounds! The game is o'er! We pay our tribute now with tears Instead of smiling eyes and cheers. ...
To wed, or not to wed; that is the question; Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The bills ...
I've trod the links with many a man, And played him club for club; 'Tis scarce a year since I ...
Here's to the men! Since Adam's time They've always been the same; Whenever anything goes wrong, The woman is to ...
How much grit do you think you've got? Can you quit a thing that you like a lot? You may ...
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