The Real Successes (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
You think that the failures are many, You think the successes are few,But you judge by the rule of ...
You think that the failures are many, You think the successes are few,But you judge by the rule of ...
We've been out to Pelletier'sBrushing off the stain of years,Quitting all the moods of menAnd been boys and girls again.We ...
Laughter sort o' settles breakfast better than digestive pills;Found it, somehow in my travels, cure for every sort of ills;When ...
If all the flowers were roses, If never daisies grew,If no old-fashioned posies Drank in the morning dew,Then ...
Oh, little girl with eyes of brownAnd smiles that fairly light the town,I wonder if you really knowJust why it ...
OUT of the darkness and shadow of death,Out of the anguish that wells from the tomb,Into the splendor of spiritual ...
He couldn't use his driver any better on the teeThan the chap that he was licking, who just happened to ...
First thing in the morning, last I hear at night,Get it when I come from school: "My, you look a ...
My Crown Prince was fine and fair, a sorrowfulfather said,"But he marched away with his regiment andthey tell me that ...
He isn't very brilliant and his pace is often slow, There's nothing very flashy in his style; He has to ...
WHY do I grind from morn till night,And sick or well sit down to write?Why do I line my brow ...
IT "S human for a womanTo enjoy a little cry;Though a man will grin and bear 'emAnd pass little troubles ...
Somebody wants a new bonnet to wear;Somebody wants a new dress;Somebody needs a new bow for her hair,And never the ...
Mother for me made excusesWhen I was a little lad;Found some reason for my conductWhen it had been very bad.Blamed ...
If it's wrong to believe in the land that we love And to pray for Our Flag to the ...
You're just a little fellow with a lot of funny ways,Just three-foot-six of mischief set with eyes that fairly blaze;You're ...
I reckon when the world we leaveAnd cease to smile and cease to grieve,When each of us shall quit the ...
When sorrow comes, as come it must, In God a man must place his trust. There is no power in ...
I'd like to give 'em all they ask-it hurts to have to answer, "No,"And say they cannot have the things ...
There was weepin' by the women that the crowd could plainly see, An' old William's throat was chokin' an' his ...
Some folks leave home for money And some leave home for fame, Some seek skies always sunny, And some depart ...
I DON'T believe in worry, and it's foolish to despair, And dreading what may happen never lightens any care; I ...
When your boy wants to do what he shouldn't-Some foolish or dangerous thing. Or something you wish that he wouldn't,A ...
HE struck me! A man I scarce knew, 'though he had my name, Came into my office repeating the same, ...
When a little baby diesAnd the wee form silent lies,And the little cheeks seem waxenAnd the little hands are still,Then ...
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