James Whitcomb Riley (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
There must be great rejoicin' on the Golden Shore to-day, An' the big an' little angels must be ...
There must be great rejoicin' on the Golden Shore to-day, An' the big an' little angels must be ...
_The proof of a man is the danger test_, _That shows him up at his worst or best_. ...
Old women say that men don't knowThe pain through which all mothers go,And maybe that is true, and yetI vow ...
Time was the cry went round the world: America for freedom speaks, A new flag is to-day ...
WHEN I was but a little tad I used to hear my dear old dad Tell friends about the good ...
Listen to the laughter of the brook that's racin' by! Listen to the chatter of the black-birds on ...
When an apple tree is ready for the world to come and eat, There isn't any structure ...
When I was but a little lad I always liked to ride,No matter what the rig we had, right by ...
This I heard the Old Flag say As I passed it yesterday: "Months ago your friendly hands ...
FULL many a flag the breeze has kissed;Through ages long the morning sun Has risen over the early mistThe flags ...
God has been good to men. He gaveHis Only Son their souls to save,And then he made a second gift,Which ...
When you were just our little boy, on many a night we crept Unto your cot and watched o'er ...
Some have the gift of song and some possess the gift of silver speech,Some have the gift of leadership and ...
We all are warriors with sin. Crusading knights,we come to earthWith spotless plumes and shining shields to joustwith foes and ...
The little woman, to her I bow And doff my hat as I pass her by;I reverence the furrows that ...
There's a lot of joy in the smiling world, there's plenty of morning sun, And laughter and songs and ...
I don't know what it's all about, but Ma says that she wants to knowIf spirits in the other world ...
Jim's made good in the world out there, an' Kate has a man that's true,No better, of course, than she ...
PROUD is the state of its millions of men, And proud is the state of its name; In its borders ...
At Sugar Camp the cook is kind And laughs the laugh we knew as boys;And there we slip away and ...
If I had youth I'd bid the world to try me; I'd answer every challenge to my will.And though the ...
She mothered five! Night after night she watched a little bed,Night after night she cooled a fevered head, Day after ...
It's coming time for planting in that little patch of ground,Where the lad and I made merry as he followed ...
Some day the world will need a man of courage in a time of doubt,And somewhere, as a little boy, ...
If I could have my wish to-night it would not be for wealth or fame,It would not be for some ...
I notice when the news comes in Of one who's claimed eternal glory, This simple phrase, "the ...
When winter shuts a fellow in and turns the lock upon his door,There's nothing else for him to do but ...
The good old-fashioned mothers and the good old-fashioned dads,With their good old-fashioned lassies and their good old-fashioned lads,Still walk the ...
The world is filled with bustle and with selfishness and greed,It is filled with restless people that are dreaming of ...
She mothered five!Night after night she watched a little bed,Night after night she cooled a fevered head,Day after day she ...
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