Runner McGee: (Who Had “Return if Possible” Orders) (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
YOU'VE heard a good deal of the telephone wires," He said as we sat at our ease,And talked ...
YOU'VE heard a good deal of the telephone wires," He said as we sat at our ease,And talked ...
The sumac's flaming scarlet on the edges o' the lake, An' the pear trees are invitin' everyone t' come an' ...
To happiness I raise my glass, The goal of every human, The hope of every clan and class ...
Listen to the laughter of the brook that's racin' by! Listen to the chatter of the black-birds on ...
There never was a family without its homely man,With legs a little longer than the ordinary plan,An' a shock of ...
There is too much of sighing, and weaving Of pitiful tales of despair.There is too much of wailing and ...
Vacation time! How glad it seemedWhen as a boy I sat and dreamedAbove my school books, of the funThat I ...
Forgotten petty difference now, The larger purpose glows, The storm is here, a common fear ...
Along a stream that raced and ran Through tangled trees and over stones,That long had heard the pipes o' ...
I look into the faces of the people passing by, The glad ones and the sad ones, and the lined ...
Can't is the worst word that's written or spoken; Doing more harm here than slander and lies; On it is ...
Who is it lives to the full every minute,Gets all the joy and the fun that is in it?Tough as ...
If all the flowers were roses, If never daisies grew,If no old-fashioned posies Drank in the morning dew,Then ...
We were settin' there an' smokin' of our pipes, discussin' things,Like licker, votes for wimmin, an' the totterin'thrones o' kings,When ...
An apple tree beside the way,Drinking the sunshine day by dayAccording to the Master's plan,Had been a faithful friend to ...
Little women, little men,Childhood never comes again.Live it gaily while you may;Give your baby souls to play;March to sound of ...
This year," said Pa, on New Year's night, "we'll start upon a different plan, I'm sick and tired of ending ...
I'M not kicking on expenses, now the sewing time commences, I will buy chiffon and laces till they say they've ...
No children in the house to play—It must be hard to live that way!I wonder what the people doWhen night ...
Most folks, as I've noticed, in pleasure an' strife,Are always expecting too much out of life.They wail an' they fretJust ...
My religion's lovin' God, who made us, one and all,Who marks, no matter where it be, the humble sparrow's fall;An' ...
My father knows the proper way The nation should be run;He tells us children every day Just what should now ...
For this and that and various things It seems that men must get together,To purchase cups or diamond rings Or ...
I've trudged life's highway up and down; I've watched the lines of men march by;I've seen them in the busy ...
fight worth while on this good old earthIsn't the fight for a hoard of gold IIt isn't the fight to ...
Courage isn't a brilliant dash,A daring deed in a moment's flash;It isn't an instantaneous thingBorn of despair with a sudden ...
When the burden grows heavy, and rough is the way, When you falter and slip, and it isn't your day, ...
In the corner she's left the mechanical toy, On the chair is her Teddy Bear fine;The things that I ...
What do I want my boy to be?Oft is the question asked of me,And oft I ask it of myself--What ...
We've never seen the Father here, but we have known the Son,The finest type of manhood since the world was ...
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