Childless (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
If certain folks that I know wellShould come to me their woes to tellI'd read the sorrow in their facesAnd ...
If certain folks that I know wellShould come to me their woes to tellI'd read the sorrow in their facesAnd ...
The kids are out-of-doors once more; The heavy leggins that they wore, The winter caps that covered ears Are put ...
Time was I used to worry and I'd sit around an' sigh,And think with every ache I got that I ...
We've raised a flagpole on the farm And flung Old Glory to the sky,And it's another touch of charm ...
My grandpa is the finest manExcep' my pa. My grandpa canMake kites an' carts an' lots of thingsYou pull along ...
Some day, says Ma, "I'm goin' to getA party dress all trimmed with jet,An' hire a seamstress in, an' sheIs ...
We're queer folks here. We'll talk about the weather, The good times we have had together,The good times ...
When I was but a little lad I always liked to ride,No matter what the rig we had, right by ...
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 ...
FULL many a flag the breeze has kissed;Through ages long the morning sun Has risen over the early mistThe flags ...
When I was young and frivolous and never stopped to think, When I was always doing wrong, or just upon ...
Whatever the task and whatever the risk, wherever the flag's in air,The funny man with his sunny ways is ...
My Pa he eats his breakfast in a funny sort of way: We hardly ever see him at ...
We've been out to Pelletier'sBrushing off the stain of years,Quitting all the moods of menAnd been boys and girls again.We ...
'Taint nothin' to laugh at as I can see!If you'd been stung by a bumble bee,An' your nose wuz swelled ...
GARDENING is hardeningIn every way you view it;It makes a fellow hustle,And it strengthens every muscle;It knots up many a ...
Jim's made good in the world out there, an' Kate has a man that's true,No better, of course, than she ...
WHEN the dressmaker comes I am told to clear out,For they don't want me anywhere hanging about;At seven in the ...
I might have been rich if I'd wanted the gold instead of the friendships I've made.I might have had ...
I work for someone else, he said;"I have no chance to get ahead.At night I leave the job behind;At morn ...
When we've honored the heroes returning from France,When we've mourned for the heroes who fell,When we've done all we can ...
The bright spots in my life are when the servant quits the place,Although that grim disturbance brings a frown to ...
The little house has grown too small, or rather we have grownToo big to dwell within the walls where all ...
'Tis a little old house with a squeak in the stairs,And a porch that seems made for just two easy ...
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 ...
Who shall sit at the table, then, when the terms of peace are made--The wisest men of the troubled ...
If all the flowers were roses, If never daisies grew,If no old-fashioned posies Drank in the morning dew,Then ...
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