The Family’s Homely Man (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
There never was a family without its homely man,With legs a little longer than the ordinary plan,An' a shock of ...
Edgar Albert Guest Poems on Wisdom & Knowledge (40 Poems)
A Real Thriller (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
We were speakin' of excitement, an' the hair upliftin' thrills That sorter dot life's landscape, like the bill board ads. ...
The Gift Of Play (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Some have the gift of song and some possess the gift of silver speech,Some have the gift of leadership and ...
Folks (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
We was speakin' of folks, jes' common folks, An' we come to this conclusion, That wherever they be, on land ...
A Real Man (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Men are of two kinds, and he Was of the kind I'd like to be. Some preach their virtues, and ...
Fixing The Shame (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
They put him in jail for the thing he'd done, For that was the law they'd made; They turned the ...
The Stick-Togeth (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
The stick-together families are happier by farThan the brothers and the sisters who take separate highways are.The gladdest people living ...
At The Peace Table (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Who shall sit at the table, then, when the terms of peace are made--The wisest men of the troubled ...
Bread And Gravy (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
There's a heap o' satisfaction in a chunk o' pumpkin pie,An' I'm always glad I'm livin' when the cake is ...
Guessing Time (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
It's guessing time at our house; every evening after tea We start guessing what old Santa's going to leave us ...
First Name Friends (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Though some may yearn for titles great, and seek the frills of fame,I do not care to have an extra ...
Wisdom’s Haunts (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Way out in the woods there are brothers who readBy the light of a candle, in Greek, And in far ...
Expectation (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Most folks, as I've noticed, in pleasure an' strife,Are always expecting too much out of life.They wail an' they fretJust ...
The Inn-Keeper Makes Excuses (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Oh, if only I had known! Said the keeper of the inn."But no hint to me was shown, ...
Our Country (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
God grant that we shall never see Our country slave to lust and greed;God grant that here all men shall ...
When We’re All Alike (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
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 ...
The Test (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
You can brag about the famous men you know; You may boast about the great men you have met,Parsons, eloquent ...
Equipment (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Figure it out for yourself, my lad,You've all that the greatest of men have had,Two arms, two hands, two legs, ...
The Child World (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
The child world is a wondrous world, For there the flags of hate are furled, And there the imps of ...
To A Young Man (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
The great were once as you.They whom men magnify to-dayOnce groped and blundered on life's way,Were fearful of themselves, and ...
The Princess Pat’s (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
A touch of the plain and the prairie, A bit of the Motherland, too; A strain of the ...
Hard Knocks (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
I'm not the man to say that failure's sweet, Nor tell a chap to laugh when things go wrong; I ...
The Boy Mind (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
WISH I was only as bright as my boy,Wish I could think of the things that he springs;His is a ...
Denial (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
I'd like to give 'em all they ask-it hurts to have to answer, "No,"And say they cannot have the things ...
A Father’s Prayer (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Lord, make me tolerant and wise;Incline my ears to hear him through;Let him not stand with downcast eyes,Fearing to trust ...
Trouble (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Trouble is an exerciserSent us by a Wisdom wiserThan the mind of man possesses.Doubts and dangers and distressesCome not purposely ...
Just A Boy (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Get to understand the lad--He's not eager to be bad;If the right he always knew,He would be as old as ...
His Example (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
There are little eyes upon you, and they're watching night and day;There are little ears that quickly take in every ...
Stuck (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
I'm up against it day by day,My ignorance is distressing;The things I don't know on the wayI'm busily confessing.Time was ...
United States (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
He shall be great who serves his country well. He shall be loved who ever guards her fame.His worth the ...