American Literature – Littérature Américaine – Американская литература
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American Literature – Children Books – American Poetry – Edgar A. Guest
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Collections:
All that Matters
The Path to Home
A Heap o’ Livin’
Just Folks
The Passing Throng
To the Mothers Over Here
When Day Is Done
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A Battle Prayer
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A Bear Story
There was a bear—his name was Jim,
An’ children weren’t askeered of him,
An’ he lived in a cave, where he … Continue Reading …
A Book and a Pipe
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A Boost for Modern Methods
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A Boy and His Dad
A boy and his dad on a fishing-trip—
There is a glorious fellowship!
Father and son and the open sky … Continue Reading …
A Boy and His Dad
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A Boy and His Dog
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A Boy and His Stomach
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A Boy at Christmas
If I could have my wish to-night it would not be for wealth or fame,
It would not be for some delight that men who live in luxury claim, … Continue Reading …
A Boy’s Feet
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A Boy’s Tribute
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A Certain Man
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A Choice
Sure, they get stubborn at times; they worry and fret us a lot,
But I’d rather be crossed by a glad little boy and frequently worried than not. … Continue Reading …
A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Greeting
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A Convalescin’ Woman
A convalescin’ woman does the strangest sort o’ things,
An’ it’s wonderful the courage that a little new strength brings;
O, it’s never safe to leave her for an hour or two alone, … Continue Reading …
A Creed
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A Cup of Tea
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A Fairy Story
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A Family Row
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A Father’s Prayer
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A Father’s Thoughts
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A Father’s Tribute
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A Father’s Wish
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A Feller’s Hat
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A Fine Sight
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A Friend’s Greeting
I’d like to be the sort of friend that you have
been to me;
I’d like to be the help that you’ve been always … Continue Reading …
A Good Name
Men talk too much of gold and fame,
And not enough about a name;
And yet a good name’s better far … Continue Reading …
A Good Soldier
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A Lesson from Golf
He couldn’t use his driver any better on the tee
Than the chap that he was licking, who just happened to be me;
I could hit them with a brassie just as straight and just as far, … Continue Reading …
A Man
A man doesn’t whine at his losses,
A man doesn’t whimper and fret,
Or rail at the weight of his crosses … Continue Reading …
A Man Must Want
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A Patriot
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A Patriotic Creed
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A Patriotic Creed
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A Patriotic Wish
I’d like to be the sort of man the flag could boast about;
I’d like to be the sort of man it cannot live without;
I’d like to be the type of man … Continue Reading …
A Patriotic Wish
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A Plea
God grant me these: the strength to do
Some needed service here;
The wisdom to be brave and true; … Continue Reading …
A Prayer
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A Prayer
God grant me kindly thought
And patience through the day,
And in the things I’ve wrought … Continue Reading …
A Prayer, 1918
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A Real Man
Men are of two kinds, and he
Was of the kind I’d like to be.
Some preach their virtues, and a few … Continue Reading …
A Song
None knows the day that friends must part
None knows how near is sorrow;
If there be laughter in your heart, … Continue Reading …
A Song in Everything
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A Toast To Happiness
To happiness I raise my glass,
The goal of every human,
The hope of every clan and class … Continue Reading …
A Vanished Joy
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A Vow
I might not ever scale the mountain heights
Where all the great men stand in glory now;
I may not ever gain the world’s delights … Continue Reading …
A Warm House and a Ruddy Fire
A warm house and a ruddy fire,
To what more can man aspire?
Eyes that shine with love aglow, … Continue Reading …
A Wish
I’d like to be a boy again, a care-free prince of
joy again,
I’d like to tread the hills and dales the way I … Continue Reading …
A Wish
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Abe Lincoln
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About Boys
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Accomplished Care
All things grow lovely in a little while,
The brush of memory paints a canvas fair;
The dead face through the ages wears a smile, … Continue Reading …
Afraid of His Dad
Bill Jones, who goes to school with me,
Is the saddest boy I ever see.
He’s just so ‘fraid he runs away … Continue Reading …
All That Matters
When all that matters shall be written down
And the long record of our years is told,
Where sham, like flesh, must perish and grow cold; … Continue Reading …
All for the Best
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Alone
Strange thoughts come to the man alone;
‘Tis then, if ever, he talks with God,
And views himself as a single clod … Continue Reading …
Along the Paths o’ Glory
Along the paths o’ glory there are faces new to-day,
There are youthful hearts and sturdy that have found the westward way.
From the rugged roads o’ duty they have turned without a sigh, … Continue Reading …
Always Saying “Don’t!”
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America
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An Apple Tree in France
An apple tree beside the way,
Drinking the sunshine day by day
According to the Master’s plan, … Continue Reading …
An Easy World
It’s an easy world to live in if you choose to
make it so;
You never need to suffer, save the griefs that … Continue Reading …
An Old-Fashioned Welcome
There’s nothing cheers a fellow up just like a hearty greeting,
A handclasp and an honest smile that flash the joy of meeting;
And when at friendly doors you ring, somehow it seems to free you … Continue Reading …
Another Mouth to Feed
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Answering Him
“When shall I be a man?” he said,
As I was putting him to bed.
“How many years will have to be … Continue Reading …
Apples Ripe for Eating
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April Thoughts
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Arcady
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As Fall The Leaves
As fall the leaves, so drop the days
In silence from the tree of life;
Born for a little while to blaze … Continue Reading …
As It Goes
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As It Is
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As It Looks to the Boy
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At Breakfast Time
My Pa he eats his breakfast in a funny sort of way:
We hardly ever see him at the first meal of the day.
Ma puts his food before him and he settles in his place … Continue Reading …
At Christmas
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At Dawn
They come to my room at the break of the day,
With their faces all smiles and their minds full of play;
They come on their tip-toes and silently creep … Continue Reading …
At Pelletier’s
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At Sugar Camp
At Sugar Camp the cook is kind
And laughs the laugh we knew as boys;
And there we slip away and find … Continue Reading …
At The Door
He wiped his shoes before his door,
But ere he entered he did more;
‘Twas not enough to cleanse his feet … Continue Reading …
At the Peace Table
Who shall sit at the table, then, when the terms of peace are made—
The wisest men of the troubled lands in their silver and gold brocade?
Yes, they shall gather in solemn state to speak for each living race, … Continue Reading …
Autumn At The Orchard
The sumac’s flaming scarlet on the edges o’ the
lake,
An’ the pear trees are invitin’ everyone t’ come … Continue Reading …
Autumn Evenings
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Aunty
I’m sorry for a feller if he hasn’t any aunt,
To let him eat and do the things his mother says he can’t.
An aunt to come a visitin’ or one to go and see … Continue Reading …
Aw Gee Whiz!
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Baby’s Got a Tooth
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Back Home
Glad to get back home again,
Where abide the friendly men;
Glad to see the same old scenes … Continue Reading …
Battle of Belleau Wood
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Be A Friend
Be a friend. You don’t need money;
Just a disposition sunny;
Just the wish to help another … Continue Reading …
Beautifying the Flag
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Becoming a Dad
Old women say that men don’t know
The pain through which all mothers go,
And maybe that is true, and yet … Continue Reading …
Bedtime
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Being Brave at Night
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Being Dad on Christmas Eve
They’ve hung their stockings up with care,
And I am in my old arm chair,
And mother’s busy dragging out … Continue Reading …
Beneath the Dirt
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Best Way to Read a Book
Best way to read a book I know
Is get a lad of six or so,
And curl him up upon my knee … Continue Reading …
Bigger Than His Dad
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Bill and I Went Fishing
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Bob White
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Boy O’ Mine
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Boy or Girl?
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Bread and Butter
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Bread and Gravy
There’s a heap o’ satisfaction in a chunk o’ pumpkin pie,
An’ I’m always glad I’m livin’ when the cake is passin’ by;
An’ I guess at every meal-time I’m as happy as can be, … Continue Reading …
Bread and Jam
I wish I was a poet like the men that write in books
The poems that we have to learn on valleys, hills an’ brooks;
I’d write of things that children like an’ know an’ understand, … Continue Reading …
Bribed
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Brothers All
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Bud
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Bud Discusses Cleanliness
First thing in the morning, last I hear at night,
Get it when I come from school: “My, you look a sight!
Go upstairs this minute, an’ roll your sleeves up high … Continue Reading …
Bulb Planting Time
Last night he said the dead were dead
And scoffed my faith to scorn;
I found him at a tulip bed … Continue Reading …
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Can’t
Can’t is the worst word that’s written or spoken;
Doing more harm here than slander and lies;
On it is many a strong spirit broken, … Continue Reading …
Canning Time
There’s a wondrous smell of spices
In the kitchen,
Most bewitchin’; … Continue Reading …
Care-Free Youth
The skies are blue and the sun is out and the
grass is green and soft
And the old charm’s back in the apple tree … Continue Reading …
Carry On
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Castor Oil
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Challenge
Life is a challenge to the bold,
It flings its gauntlet down
And bids us, if we seek for gold … Continue Reading …
Childless
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Christmas, 1918
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Cleaning the Furnace
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Cliffs of Scotland
Cliffs of Scotland, guard them well,
Shield them from the blizzard’s rage;
Let your granite towers tell … Continue Reading …
Clinching the Bolt
It needed just an extra turn to make the bolt secure,
A few more minutes on the job and then the work was sure;
But he begrudged the extra turn, and when the task was through, … Continue Reading …
Committee Meetings
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Compensation
I’d like to think when life is done
That I had filled a needed post,
That here and there I’d paid my fare … Continue Reading …Compensation
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Consolation
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Constant Beauty
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Constant Beauty
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Contradictin’ Joe
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Couldn’t Live Without You
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Courage
Courage isn’t a brilliant dash,
A daring deed in a moment’s flash;
It isn’t an instantaneous thing … Continue Reading …
Curly Locks
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Daddies
I would rather be the daddy
Of a romping, roguish crew,
Of a bright-eyed chubby laddie … Continue Reading …
Dan McGann Declares Himself
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Defeat
No one is beat till he quits,
No one is through till he stops,
No matter how hard Failure hits, … Continue Reading …
Denial
I’d like to give ’em all they ask—it hurts to have to answer, “No,”
And say they cannot have the things they tell me they are wanting so;
Yet now and then they plead for what I know would not be good to give … Continue Reading …
Departed Friends
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Different
The kids at our house number three,
As different as they can be;
And if perchance they numbered six … Continue Reading …
Dinner-Time
Tuggin’ at your bottle,
An’ it’s O, you’re mighty sweet!
Just a bunch of dimples … Continue Reading …
Dirty Hands
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Division
You cannot gather every rose,
Nor every pleasure claim,
Nor bask in every breeze that blows, … Continue Reading …
Do Your All
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Down the Lanes of August
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Dr. Johnson’s Picture Cow
Got a sliver in my hand
An’ it hurt t’ beat the band,
An’ got white around it, too; … Continue Reading …
Drafted
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Duty
To do your little bit of toil,
To play life’s game with head erect;
To stoop to nothing that would soil … Continue Reading …
Duty
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Easter
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Easy Service
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Effort
He brought me his report card from the teacher and he said
He wasn’t very proud of it and sadly bowed his head.
He was excellent in reading, but arithmetic, was fair, … Continue Reading …
Envy
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Eternal Friendship
Who once has had a friend has found
The link ‘twixt mortal and divine;
Though now he sleeps in hallowed ground, … Continue Reading …
Everywhere in America
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Example
Perhaps the victory shall not come to me,
Perhaps I shall not reach the goal I seek,
It may be at the last I shall be weak … Continue Reading …
Exempt
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Expectation
Most folks, as I’ve noticed, in pleasure an’ strife,
Are always expecting too much out of life.
They wail an’ they fret … Continue Reading …
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Faces
I look into the faces of the people passing by,
The glad ones and the sad ones, and the lined with misery,
And I wonder why the sorrow or the twinkle in the eye; … Continue Reading …
Faith
It is faith that bridges the land of breath
To the realms of the souls departed,
That comforts the living in days of death, … Continue Reading …
Failures
‘Tis better to have tried in vain,
Sincerely striving for a goal,
Than to have lived upon the plain … Continue Reading …
Faith
I believe in the world and its bigness and splendor:
That most of the hearts beating round us are tender;
That days are but footsteps and years are but miles … Continue Reading …
Father
Used to wonder just why father
Never had much time for play,
Used to wonder why he’d rather … Continue Reading …
Father And Son
Be more than his dad,
Be a chum to the lad;
Be a part of his life … Continue Reading …
Father Song
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Father’s Chore
My Pa can hit his thumbnail with a hammer and keep still;
He can cut himself while shaving an’ not swear;
If a ladder slips beneath him an’ he gets a nasty spill … Continue Reading …
Fatherhood
Before you came, my little lad,
I used to think that I was good;
Some vicious habits, too, I had, … Continue Reading …
Fine
Isn’t it fine when the day is done,
And the petty battles are lost or won,
When the gold is made and the ink is dried, … Continue Reading …
First Name Friends
Though some may yearn for titles great, and seek the frills of fame,
I do not care to have an extra handle to my name.
I am not hungry for the pomp of life’s high dignities, … Continue Reading …
Fishing Nooks
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Fly a Clean Flag
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Folks
We was speakin’ of folks, jes’ common folks,
An’ we come to this conclusion,
That wherever they be, on land or sea, … Continue Reading …
Follow a Famous Father
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Follow the Flag
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Football
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For Your Boy and Mine
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Forgetful Pa
My Pa says that he used to be
A bright boy in geography;
An’ when he went to school he knew … Continue Reading …
Forgotten Boyhood
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Friends
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From Laughter to Labor
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General Pershing
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Giuseppe Tomassi
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God Made This Day For Me
Jes’ the sort o’ weather and jes’ the sort o’ sky
Which seem to suit my fancy, with the white clouds driftin’ by
On a sea o’ smooth blue water. Oh, I ain’t an egotist, … Continue Reading …
Golf Luck
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Good Enough
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Good Luck
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Good Night
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Grandpa
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Grass and Children
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Gratitude
Be grateful for the kindly friends that walk
along your way;
Be grateful for the skies of blue that smile … Continue Reading …
Greatness
We can be great by helping one another;
We can be loved for very simple deeds;
Who has the grateful mention of a brother … Continue Reading …
Green Apple Time
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Grief’s Only Master
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Growing Down
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Grown Up
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Guessing Time
It’s guessing time at our house; every evening
after tea
We start guessing what old Santa’s going to … Continue Reading …
Guiseppe Tomassi
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Hard Knocks
I’m not the man to say that failure’s sweet,
Nor tell a chap to laugh when things go wrong;
I know it hurts to have to take defeat … Continue Reading …
Hard Luck
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Hard Work
One day, in ages dark and dim,
A toiler, weary, worn and faint,
Who found his task too much for him, … Continue Reading …
Hate
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He Should Meet a Mother There
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He’s Taken Out His Papers
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Here on the Earth
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Here We Are!
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Heroes
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High Chair Days
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His Dog
Pete bristles when the doorbell rings.
Last night he didn’t act the same.
Dogs have a way of knowin’ things, … Continue Reading …
His Example
There are little eyes upon you, and they’re watching night and day;
There are little ears that quickly take in every word you say; … Continue Reading …
His Other Chance
He was down and out, and his pluck was gone,
And he said to me in a gloomy way:
“I’ve wasted my chances, one by one, … Continue Reading …
His Pa
Some fellers’ pas seem awful old,
An’ talk like they was going to scold,
An’ their hair’s all gone, an’ they never grin… Continue Reading …
His Room
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His Santa Claus
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His Work
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Hollyhocks
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Home
It takes a heap o’ livin’ in a house t’ make it
home,
A heap o’ sun an’ shadder, an’ ye sometimes … Continue Reading …
Home
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Home and the Baby
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Home and the Office
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Homesick
It’s tough when you are homesick in a strange
and distant place;
It’s anguish when you’re hungry for an … Continue Reading …
Hope
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Horse and Cutter Days
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Hot Mince Pie
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House-Hunting
Time was when spring returned we went
To find another home to rent;
We wanted fresher, cleaner walls, … Continue Reading …
How Do You Buy Your Money?
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How Do You Tackle Your Work?
How do you tackle your work each day?
Are you scared of the job you find?
Do you grapple the task that comes your way… Continue Reading …
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Nobody hates me more than I;
No enemy have I to-day
That I so bravely must defy; … Continue Reading …
I Ain’t Dead Yet
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I’d Rather Be a Failure
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I Don’t Want to Go to Bed
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I Mustn’t Forget
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Ideals
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If I Had Youth
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If I Were a Boss
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If I Were Sending My Boy Afar
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If It’s Worth While
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If I Were a Boss
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If I Were Sending My Boy Afar
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If This Were All
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I Mustn’t Forget
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Improvement
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It Couldn’t Be Done
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one … Continue Reading …
It Isn’t Costly
Does the grouch get richer quicker than the
friendly sort of man?
Can the grumbler labor better than the cheerful … Continue Reading …
“It’s a Boy“
The doctor leads a busy life, he wages war with death;
Long hours he spends to help the one who’s fighting hard for breath; … Continue Reading …
It’s September
It’s September, and the orchards are afire with
red and gold,
And the nights with dew are heavy, and the … Continue Reading …
James Whitcomb Riley
There must be great rejoicin’ on the Golden
Shore to-day,
An’ the big an’ little angels must be feelin’ … Continue Reading …
July the Fourth, 1917
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June
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Just a Boy
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Just Folks
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Just Half of That, Please
Grandmother says when I pass her the cake:
“Just half of that, please.”
If I serve her the tenderest portion of steak: … Continue Reading …
Just Like a Man
This is the phrase they love to say:
“Just like a man!”
You can hear it wherever you chance to stray: … Continue Reading …
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Kelly Ingram
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Kindness
One never knows
How far a word of kindness goes;
One never sees … Continue Reading …Kindness
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Laddies
Show me the boy who never threw
A stone at someone’s cat,
Or never hurled a snowball swift … Continue Reading …
Last Night the Baby Cried
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Laughter
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Leader of the Gang
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Learn to Smile
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Lemon Pie
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Let’s Be Brave
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Life
Life is a jest;
Take the delight of it.
Laughter is best; … Continue Reading …
Life
Life is a gift to be used every day,
Not to be smothered and hidden away;
It isn’t a thing to be stored in the chest … Continue Reading …
Life Is What We Make It
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Life Needs Us All
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Life’s Equipment
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Life’s Single Standard
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Life’s Slacker
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Life’s Tests
If never a sorrow came to us, and never a care
we knew;
If every hope were realized, and every dream … Continue Reading …
Lines for a Flag Raising Ceremony
Full many a flag the breeze has kissed;
Through ages long the morning sun
Has risen o’er the early mist … Continue Reading …
Little Feet
There is no music quite so sweet
As patter of a baby’s feet.
Who never hears along the hall … Continue Reading …
Little Fishermen
A little ship goes out to sea
As soon as we have finished tea;
Off yonder where the big moon glows … Continue Reading …
Little Girls
God made the little boys for fun, for rough and tumble times of play;
He made their little legs to run and race and scamper through the day. … Continue Reading …
Little Girls Are Best
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Little Master Mischievous
Little Master Mischievous, that’s the name for you;
There’s no better title that describes the things you do:
Into something all the while where you shouldn’t be, … Continue Reading …
Little Wrangles
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Living
The miser thinks he’s living when he’s hoarding up his gold;
The soldier calls it living when he’s doing something bold;
The sailor thinks it living to be tossed upon the sea, … Continue Reading …
Living
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Living
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Living Flowers
“I’m never alone in the garden,” he said. “I’m never alone with the flowers. … Continue Reading …
Living with the People
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Loafing
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Lonely
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Looking Back
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Lost Opportunities
“When I am rich,” he used to say,”
A thousand joys I’ll give away;
I’ll walk among the poor I find … Continue Reading …
Lullaby
The golden dreamboat’s ready, all her silken sails are spread,
And the breeze is gently blowing to the fairy port of Bed, … Continue Reading …
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Ma And Her Check Book
Ma has a dandy little book that’s full of narrow
slips,
An’ when she wants to pay a bill a page from … Continue Reading …
Ma And The Auto
Before we take an auto ride Pa says to Ma:
“My dear,
Now just remember I don’t need suggestions … Continue Reading …
Ma and the Ouija Board
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Manhood’s Greeting
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Marjorie
The house is as it was when she was here;
There’s nothing changed at all about the place;
The books she loved to read are waiting near … Continue Reading …
Memorial Day
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Memorial Day
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Memorial Day
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Memory
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Midnight in the Pantry
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Morning Brigands
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Mother
Never a sigh for the cares that she bore for me
Never a thought of the joys that flew by;
Her one regret that she couldn’t do more for me, … Continue Reading …
Mother and the Baby
Mother and the baby! Oh, I know no lovelier pair,
For all the dreams of all the world are hovering ’round them there; … Continue Reading …
Mother and the Styles
… Continue Reading …
Mother’s Day
Gentle hands that never weary toiling in love’s
vineyard sweet,
Eyes that seem forever cheery when our eyes … Continue Reading …
Mother’s Day
… Continue Reading …
Mother’s Excuses
… Continue Reading …
Mother’s Glasses
I’ve told about the times that Ma can’t find
her pocketbook,
And how we have to hustle round for it to help … Continue Reading …
Mother’s Job
I’m just the man to make things right,
To mend a sleigh or make a kite,
Or wrestle on the floor and play … Continue Reading …
Mother’s Party Dress
“Some day,” says Ma, “I’m goin’ to get
A party dress all trimmed with jet,
An’ hire a seamstress in, an’ she … Continue Reading …
Mother’s Way
… Continue Reading …
Mothers and Wives
… Continue Reading …
Motherhood
I wonder if he’ll stop to think,
When the long years have traveled by,
Who heard his plea: “I want a drink!” … Continue Reading …
Mrs. Malone and the Censor
When Mrs. Malone got a letter from Pat
She started to read it aloud in her flat.
“Dear Mary,” it started, “I can’t tell you much,… Continue Reading …
My Books and I
… Continue Reading …
My Creed
To live as gently as I can;
To be, no matter where, a man;
To take what comes of good or ill … Continue Reading …
My Goals
… Continue Reading …
My Job
I wonder where’s a better job than buying cake and meat,
And chocolate drops and sugar buns for little folks to eat? … Continue Reading …
My Land
… Continue Reading …
My Part
… Continue Reading …
My Paw Said So
Foxes can talk if you know how to listen,
My Paw said so.
Owls have big eyes that sparkle an’ glisten, … Continue Reading …
My Religion
… Continue Reading …
My Soul and I
When winter shuts a fellow in and turns the lock upon his door,
There’s nothing else for him to do but sit and dream his bygones o’er.
And then before an open fire he smokes his pipe, while in the blaze … Continue Reading …
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Names and Faces
I do not ask a store of wealth,
Nor special gift of power;
I hope always for strength and health … Continue Reading …
Next of Kin
… Continue Reading …
No Better Land Than This
… Continue Reading …
No Children!
… Continue Reading …
No Place To Go
The happiest nights
I ever know
Are those when I’ve … Continue Reading …
No Room for Hate
… Continue Reading …
No Use Sighin’
… Continue Reading …
Nothing to Laugh At
… Continue Reading …
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October
… Continue Reading …
October
… Continue Reading …
Old-Fashioned Dinners
… Continue Reading …
Old-Fashioned Letters
Old-fashioned letters! How good they were!
And nobody writes them now;
Never at all comes in the scrawl … Continue Reading …
Old-Fashioned Remedies
… Continue Reading …
Old Friends
I do not say new friends are not considerate and
true,
Or that their smiles ain’t genuine, but still I’m … Continue Reading …
Old Mister Laughter
… Continue Reading …
Old Years and New
… Continue Reading …
On Being Broke
… Continue Reading …
On Going Home For Christmas
He little knew the sorrow that was in his vacant
chair;
He never guessed they’d miss him, or he’d … Continue Reading …
On Quitting
… Continue Reading …
Only A Dad
Only a dad with a tired face,
Coming home from the daily race,
Bringing little of gold or fame … Continue Reading …
Opportunity
So long as men shall be on earth
There will be tasks for them to do,
Some way for them to show their worth; … Continue Reading …
Our Country
God grant that we shall never see
Our country slave to lust and greed;
God grant that here all men shall be … Continue Reading …
Our Duty To Our Flag
Less hate and greed
Is what we need
And more of service true; … Continue Reading …
Our House
We play at our house and have all sorts of fun,
An’ there’s always a game when the supper is done;
An’ at our house there’s marks on the walls an’ the stairs, … Continue Reading …
Our Little House
… Continue Reading …
Out Fishin’
A feller isn’t thinkin’ mean,
Out fishin’;
His thoughts are mostly good an’ clean, … Continue Reading …
Out of It All
… Continue Reading …
Out-Of-Doors
The kids are out-of-doors once more;
The heavy leggins that they wore,
The winter caps that covered ears … Continue Reading …
Over Here
… Continue Reading …
Over the Crib
… Continue Reading …
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Pa and the Monthly Bills
… Continue Reading …
Pa Did It
… Continue Reading …
Partridge Time
… Continue Reading …
Patriotism
I think my country needs my vote,
I know it doesn’t need my throat,
My lungs and larynx, too; … Continue Reading …
Peace
A man must earn his hour of peace,
Must pay for it with hours of strife and care,
Must win by toil the evening’s sweet release, … Continue Reading …
People Liked Him
People liked him, not because
He was rich or known to fame;
He had never won applause … Continue Reading …
Peter and Paul
… Continue Reading …
Picture Books
I hold the finest picture books
Are woods an’ fields an’ runnin’ brooks;
An’ when the month o’ May has done … Continue Reading …
Play the Game
When the umpire calls you out,
It’s no use to stamp and shout,
Wildly kicking dust about— … Continue Reading …
Playing For Keeps
I’ve watched him change from his bibs and things, from bonnets known as “cute,”
To little frocks, and later on I saw him don a suit; … Continue Reading …
Pleasing Dad
When I was but a little lad, not more than two or three,
I noticed in a general way my dad was proud of me.
He liked the little ways I had, the simple things I said; … Continue Reading …
Pleasure’s Signs
There’s a bump on his brow and a smear on his cheek
That is plainly the stain of his tears;
At his neck there’s a glorious sun-painted streak, … Continue Reading …
Practicing Time
… Continue Reading …
Preparedness
Right must not live in idleness,
Nor dwell in smug content;
It must be strong, against the throng … Continue Reading …
Pretending Not to See
… Continue Reading …
Promotion
Promotion comes to him who sticks
Unto his work and never kicks,
Who watches neither clock nor sun … Continue Reading …
Prophecy
… Continue Reading …
Proud Father
… Continue Reading …
Purpose
Not for the sake of the gold,
Not for the sake of the fame,
Not for the prize would I hold … Continue Reading …
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Questioning
… Continue Reading …
Questions
… Continue Reading …
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Raisin Pie
There’s a heap of pent-up goodness in the yellow
bantam corn,
And I sort o’ like to linger round a berry patch … Continue Reading …
Real Singing
You can talk about your music, and your
operatic airs,
And your phonographic record that Caruso’s … Continue Reading …
Real Swimming
… Continue Reading …
Rebellion
… Continue Reading …
Reflection
… Continue Reading …
Results And Roses
The man who wants a garden fair,
Or small or very big,
With flowers growing here and there, … Continue Reading …
Revenge
If I had hatred in my heart toward my fellow
man,
If I were pressed to do him ill, to conjure up a … Continue Reading …
Reward
… Continue Reading …
Rich
Who has a troop of romping youth
About his parlor floor,
Who nightly hears a round of cheers, … Continue Reading …
Roses
When God first viewed the rose He’d made
He smiled, and thought it passing fair;
Upon the bloom His hands He laid, … Continue Reading …
Roses and Sunshine
… Continue Reading …
Runner McGee
… Continue Reading …
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Sacrifice
… Continue Reading …
Sacrifices
… Continue Reading …
Safe at Home
… Continue Reading …
Satisfied With Life
… Continue Reading …
Sausage
… Continue Reading …
See It Through
… Continue Reading …
See It Through
… Continue Reading …
Selfish
I am selfish in my wishin’ every sort o’ joy for
you;
I am selfish when I tell you that I’m wishin’… Continue Reading …
Selfishness
… Continue Reading …
Selling the Old Home
The little house has grown too small, or rather we have grown
Too big to dwell within the walls where all our joys were known.
And so, obedient to the wish of her we love so well, … Continue Reading …
Send Her a Valentine
… Continue Reading …
Service
I have no wealth of gold to give away,
But I can pledge to worthy causes these:
I’ll give my strength, my days and hours of ease, … Continue Reading …
Service
You never hear the robins brag about the sweetness of their song,
Nor do they stop their music gay whene’er a poor man comes along.
God taught them how to sing an’ when they’d learned the art He sent them here … Continue Reading …
She Mothered Five
… Continue Reading …
She Never Gave Me a Chance
… Continue Reading …
She Powders Her Nose
… Continue Reading …
Ships
… Continue Reading …
Shoes
… Continue Reading …
Show the Flag
… Continue Reading …
Shut-Ins
We’re gittin’ so we need again
To see the sproutin’ seed again.
We’ve been shut up all winter long … Continue Reading …
Signs
… Continue Reading …
Since Jessie Died
… Continue Reading …
Sittin’ on the Porch
… Continue Reading …
Snooping ‘Round
Last night I caught him on his knees and looking underneath the bed,
And oh, the guilty look he wore, and oh, the stammered words he said,
When I, pretending to be cross, said: “Hey, young fellow, what’s your game?” … Continue Reading …
Soldierly
… Continue Reading …
Somebody Else
Somebody wants a new bonnet to wear;Somebody wants a new dress;
Somebody needs a new bow for her hair,And never the wanting grows less.
Oh, this is the reason I labor each dayAnd this is the joy of my tasks: … Continue Reading …
Songs of Rejoicing
… Continue Reading …
Spoiling Them
“You’re spoiling them!” the mother cries
When I give way to weepy eyes
And let them do the things they wish, … Continue Reading …
Spring Fever
… Continue Reading …
Spring In The Trenches
It’s coming time for planting in that little patch of ground,
Where the lad and I made merry as he followed me around;
Now the sun is getting higher, and the skies above are blue, … Continue Reading …
St. Valentine’s Day
Let loose the sails of love and let them fill
With breezes sweet with tenderness to-day;
Scorn not the praises youthful lovers say; … Continue Reading …
Stick to It
… Continue Reading …
Story Telling
Most every night when they’re in bed,
And both their little prayers have said,
They shout for me to come upstairs… Continue Reading …
Story-Time
“Tell us a story,” comes the cry
From little lips when nights are cold,
And in the grate the flames leap high. … Continue Reading …
Stuck
I’m up against it day by day,
My ignorance is distressing;
The things I don’t know on the way … Continue Reading …
Success
This I would claim for my success—not fame nor gold,
Nor the throng’s changing cheers from day to day,
Not always ease and fortune’s glad display, … Continue Reading …
Success And Failure
I do not think all failure’s undeserved,
And all success is merely someone’s luck;
Some men are down because they were unnerved, … Continue Reading …
Sue’s Got a Baby
… Continue Reading …
Summer Dreams
… Continue Reading …
Sympathy
… Continue Reading …
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Take a Boy Along With You
… Continue Reading …
Take Home A Smile
Take home a smile; forget the petty cares,
The dull, grim grind of all the day’s affairs;
The day is done, come be yourself awhile: … Continue Reading …
Taking His Place
… Continue Reading …
Teach Them of the Flag
… Continue Reading …
Ten-Fingered Mice
When a cake is nicely frosted and it’s put away for tea,
And it looks as trim and proper as a chocolate cake should be,
Would it puzzle you at evening as you brought it from the ledge … Continue Reading …
Thanksgiving
Thankful for the glory of the old Red, White
and Blue,
For the spirit of America that still is staunch … Continue Reading …
The Age of Ink
… Continue Reading …
The Alarm
… Continue Reading …
The Apple Tree
When an apple tree is ready for the world to
come and eat,
There isn’t any structure in the land that’s … Continue Reading …
The Approach of Christmas
There’s a little chap at our house that is being mighty good—
Keeps the front lawn looking tidy in the way we’ve said he should;
Doesn’t leave his little wagon, when he’s finished with his play, … Continue Reading …
The Auto
… Continue Reading …
The Ballad of the Indifferent Whist Player
… Continue Reading …
The Beauty Places
… Continue Reading …
The Better Job
… Continue Reading …
The Better Thing
… Continue Reading …
The Big Deeds
… Continue Reading …
The Blue Flannel Shirt
… Continue Reading …
The Book of Memory
… Continue Reading …
The Boy
… Continue Reading …
The Boy and the Flag
… Continue Reading …
The Boy Enlists
… Continue Reading …
The Boy Soldier
… Continue Reading …
The Boy That Was
When the hair about the temples starts to show
the signs of gray,
And a fellow realizes that he’s wandering far … Continue Reading …
The Boy’s Adventure
… Continue Reading …
The Boy’s Ideal
I must be fit for a child to play with,
Fit for a youngster to walk away with;
Fit for his trust and fit to be … Continue Reading …
The Bride
Little lady at the altar,
Vowing by God’s book and psalter
To be faithful, fond and true … Continue Reading …
The Broken Drum
… Continue Reading …
The Broken Wheel
… Continue Reading …
The Bumps And Bruises Doctor
I’m the bumps and bruises doctor;
I’m the expert that they seek
When their rough and tumble playing … Continue Reading …
The Burden Bearer
Oh, my shoulders grow aweary of the burdens I am bearin’,
An’ I grumble when I’m footsore at the rough road I am farin’, … Continue Reading …
The Busy Summer Cottage
… Continue Reading …
The Call
I must get out to the woods again, to the whispering tree, and the birds a-wing, … Continue Reading …
The Call of the Woods
… Continue Reading …
The Call to Service
… Continue Reading …
The Callers
… Continue Reading …
The Carpet on the Stairs
… Continue Reading …
The Carving Knife
… Continue Reading …
The Change
… Continue Reading …
The Change-Worker
A feller don’t start in to think of himself, an’ the part that he’s playin’ down here, … Continue Reading …
The Chaplain
… Continue Reading …
The Children
The children bring us laughter, and the children bring us tears;
They string our joys, like jewels bright, upon the thread of years; … Continue Reading …
The Chimney Piece
… Continue Reading …
The Chip on Your Shoulder
… Continue Reading …
The Choir Boy
… Continue Reading …
The Christmas Box
… Continue Reading …
The Christmas Gift for Mother
… Continue Reading …
The Comedian
Whatever the task and whatever the risk, wherever the flag’s in air,
The funny man with his sunny ways is sure to be laughing there. … Continue Reading …
The Common Joys
These joys are free to all who live,
The rich and poor, the great and low:
The charms which kindness has to give, … Continue Reading …
The Common Touch
I would not be too wise—so very wise
That I must sneer at simple songs and creeds,
And let the glare of wisdom blind my eyes … Continue Reading …
The Complacent Slacker
… Continue Reading …
The Cookie Jar
… Continue Reading …
The Cookie-Lady
She is gentle, kind and fair,
And there’s silver in her hair;
She has known the touch of sorrow, … Continue Reading …
The Crocus
… Continue Reading …
The Crucible of Life
… Continue Reading …
The Cure for Weariness
… Continue Reading …
The Cut-Down Trousers
When father couldn’t wear them mother cut them down for me;
She took the slack in fore and aft, and hemmed them at the knee; … Continue Reading …
The Day of Days
… Continue Reading …
The Dead Return
The dead return. I know they do;
The glad smile may have passed from view,
The ringing voice that cheered us so … Continue Reading …
The Deeds of Anger
… Continue Reading …
The Discovery of a Soul
… Continue Reading …
The Doctor
I don’t see why Pa likes him so,
And seems so glad to have him come;
He jabs my ribs and wants to know … Continue Reading …
The Doubtful To-morrow
Whenever I walk through God’s Acres of Dead
I wonder how often the mute voices said:”
I will do a kind deed or will lighten a sorrow … Continue Reading …
The Dreamer
… Continue Reading …
The Driver of the Truck
… Continue Reading …
The Dull Road
It’s the dull road that leads to the gay road;
The practice that leads to success;
The work road that leads to the play road; … Continue Reading …
The Epicure
I’ve sipped a rich man’s sparkling wine,
His silverware I’ve handled.
I’ve placed these battered legs of mine … Continue Reading …
The Evening-Prayer
Little girlie, kneeling there,
Speaking low your evening prayer,
In your cunning little nightie … Continue Reading …
The Fairy and the Robin
… Continue Reading …
The Family Doctor
I’ve tried the high-toned specialists, who doctor folks to-day;
I’ve heard the throat man whisper low “Come on now let us spray”;
I’ve sat in fancy offices and waited long my turn, … Continue Reading …
The Family’s Homely Man
… Continue Reading …
The Father of the Man
I can’t help thinkin’ o’ the lad!
Here’s summer bringin’ trees to fruit,
An’ every bush with roses clad, … Continue Reading …
The Fellowship of Books
… Continue Reading …
The Few
… Continue Reading …
The Finer Thought
How fine it is at night to say:
“I have not wronged a soul to-day.
I have not by a word or deed, … Continue Reading …
The Finest Age
When he was only nine months old,
And plump and round and pink of cheek,
A joy to tickle and to hold, … Continue Reading …
The Finest Fellowship
There may be finer pleasures than just tramping with your boy,
And better ways to spend a day; there may be sweeter joy; … Continue Reading …
The First Steps
… Continue Reading …
The Fisherman
… Continue Reading …
The Fishing Cure
There’s nothing that builds up a toil-weary soul
Like a day on a stream,
Back on the banks of the old fishing hole … Continue Reading …
The Flag
… Continue Reading …
The Flag on the Farm
… Continue Reading …
The Flag on the Farm
… Continue Reading …
The Friendly Greeting
… Continue Reading …
The Front Seat
… Continue Reading …
The Frosting Dish
When I was just a little tad
Not more than eight or nine,
One special treat to make me glad … Continue Reading …
The Fun of Forgiving
Sometimes I’m almost glad to hear when I get home that they’ve been bad;
And though I try to look severe, within my heart I’m really glad … Continue Reading …
The Furnace Door
My father is a peaceful man;
He tries in every way he can
To live a life of gentleness … Continue Reading …
The Future
… Continue Reading …
The Garden Catalogue
… Continue Reading …
The Gentle Gardener
I’d like to leave but daffodills to mark my little
way,
To leave but tulips red and white behind me as … Continue Reading …
The Gift of Play
Some have the gift of song and some possess the gift of silver speech,
Some have the gift of leadership and some the ways of life can teach. … Continue Reading …
The Girl He Left Behind
… Continue Reading …
The Glory of Age
… Continue Reading …
The Gold Givers
… Continue Reading …
The Good Little Boy
… Continue Reading …
The Grate Fire
I’m sorry for a fellow if he cannot look and see
In a grate fire’s friendly flaming all the joys which used to be.
If in quiet contemplation of a cheerful ruddy blaze … Continue Reading …
The Handy Man
… Continue Reading …
The Happiest Days
You do not know it, little man,
In your summer coat of tan
And your legs bereft of hose … Continue Reading …
The Happy Man
… Continue Reading …
The Happy Slow Thinker
Full many a time a thought has come
That had a bitter meaning in it.
And in the conversation’s hum … Continue Reading …
The Harder Part
It’s mighty hard for Mother— I am busy through the day
And the tasks of every morning keep the gloomy thoughts away,
And I’m not forever meeting with a slipper or a gown … Continue Reading …
The Hills of Faith
… Continue Reading …
The Home Builders
… Continue Reading …
The Home-Town
Some folks leave home for money
And some leave home for fame,
Some seek skies always sunny, … Continue Reading …
The Homely Man
Looks as though a cyclone hit him—
Can’t buy clothes that seem to fit him;
An’ his cheeks are rough like leather, … Continue Reading …
The Honor Roll
… Continue Reading …
The Hunter
Cheek that is tanned to the wind of the north.
Body that jests at the bite of the cold,
Limbs that are eager and strong to go forth … Continue Reading …
The Important Thing
… Continue Reading …
The Inspiration of the Past
… Continue Reading …
The Job
… Continue Reading …
The Joy Of A Dog
Ma says no, it’s too much care
An’ it will scatter germs an’ hair,
An’ it’s a nuisance through and through. … Continue Reading …
The Joy to Be
… Continue Reading …
The Joys of Home
… Continue Reading …
The Joys We Miss
There never comes a lonely day but what we miss the laughing ways
Of those who used to walk with us through all our happy yesterdays.
We seldom miss the earthly great—the famous men that life has known— … Continue Reading …
The June Couple
She is fair to see and sweet,
Dainty from her head to feet,
Modest, as her blushing shows, … Continue Reading …
The Junk Box
My father often used to say:
“My boy don’t throw a thing away:
You’ll find a use for it some day.” … Continue Reading …
The Kick Under the Table
… Continue Reading …
The Kindly Neighbor
I have a kindly neighbor, one who stands
Beside my gate and chats with me awhile,
Gives me the glory of his radiant smile … Continue Reading …
The Lanes of Memory
… Continue Reading …
The Laughing Boy
… Continue Reading …
The Lay of the Troubled Golfer
… Continue Reading …
The Lesson of the Crate
… Continue Reading …
The Letter
… Continue Reading …
The Little Army
… Continue Reading …
The Little Church
… Continue Reading …
The Little Clothes Line
… Continue Reading …
The Little Hurts
… Continue Reading …
The Little Old Man
… Continue Reading …
The Little Velvet Suit
… Continue Reading …
The Little Woman
The little woman, to her I bow
And doff my hat as I pass her by;
I reverence the furrows that mark her brow, … Continue Reading …
The Living Beauties
I never knew, until they went,
How much their laughter really meant
I never knew how much the place … Continue Reading …
The Lonely Garden
I wonder what the trees will say,
The trees that used to share his play,
An’ knew him as the little lad … Continue Reading …
The Lonely Old Fellow
The roses are bedded for winter, the tulips are planted for spring;
The robins and martins have left us; there are only the sparrows to sing.
The garden seems solemnly silent, awaiting its blankets of snow, … Continue Reading …
The Loss Is Not So Great
… Continue Reading …
The Lost Purse
remember the excitement and the terrible alarm
That worried everybody when William broke his arm;
An’ how frantic Pa and Ma got only jes’ the other day … Continue Reading …
The Love of the Game
… Continue Reading …
The Luckless Fisherman
… Continue Reading …
The Lucky Man
… Continue Reading …
The Lure That Failed
… Continue Reading …
The Making of a Friend
… Continue Reading …
The Making of Friends
… Continue Reading …
The Man to Be
… Continue Reading …
The Man Who Couldn’t Save
He spent what he made, or he gave it away,
Tried to save money, and would for a day,
Started a bank-account time an’ again, … Continue Reading …
The Man Who Gets Promoted
… Continue Reading …
The March o’ Man
Down to work o’ mornings, an’ back to home at nights,
Down to hours o’ labor, an’ home to sweet delights;
Down to care an’ trouble, an’ home to love an’ rest, … Continue Reading …
The March of Mortality
… Continue Reading …
The Mortgage and the Man
… Continue Reading …
The Mother Faith
… Continue Reading …
The Mother on the Sidewalk
… Continue Reading …
The Mother Watch
She never closed her eyes in sleep till we were all in bed;
On party nights till we came home she often sat and read.
We little thought about it then, when we were young and gay, … Continue Reading …
The Mother’s Question
… Continue Reading …
The Mushroom Expert
… Continue Reading …
The Need
We were settin’ there an’ smokin’ of our pipes, discussin’ things,
Like licker, votes for wimmin, an’ the totterin’ thrones o’ kings,
When he ups an’ strokes his whiskers with his hand an’ says t’ me: … Continue Reading …
The Neighborly Man
Some are eager to be famous, some are striving
to be great,
Some are toiling to be leaders of their nation … Continue Reading …
The New Days
… Continue Reading …
The New Year
… Continue Reading …
The Newspaper Man
Bit of a priest and a bit of sailor,
Bit of a doctor and bit of a tailor,
Bit of a lawyer, and bit of detective, … Continue Reading …
The Obligation Of Friendship
You ought to be fine for the sake of the folks
Who think you are fine.
If others have faith in you doubly you’re bound … Continue Reading …
The Old-Fashioned Pair
… Continue Reading …
The Old-Fashioned Parents
The good old-fashioned mothers and the good old-fashioned dads,
With their good old-fashioned lassies and their good old-fashioned lads, … Continue Reading …
The Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
… Continue Reading …
The Old-Time Family
… Continue Reading …
The Old-Time Lilac Bush
… Continue Reading …
The Old, Old Story
… Continue Reading …
The Old Wooden Tub
I like to get to thinking of the old days that are gone,
When there were joys that never more the world will look upon, … Continue Reading …
The One In Ten
Nine passed him by with a hasty look,
Each bent on his eager way;
One glance at him was the most they took, … Continue Reading …
The Open Fire
… Continue Reading …
The Other Fellow
Are you fond of your wife and your children fair?
So is the other fellow.
Do you crave pleasures for them to share? … Continue Reading …
The Out-Doors Man
… Continue Reading …
The Passing Throng
… Continue Reading …
The Path That Leads To Home
The little path that leads to home,
That is the road for me,
I know no finer path to roam, … Continue Reading …
The Path to Home
There’s the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate,
And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, …Continue reading …
The Pathway of the Living
… Continue Reading …
The Pay Envelope
Is it all in the envelope holding your pay?
Is that all you’re working for day after day?
Are you getting no more from your toil than the gold … Continue Reading …
The Peaceful Warriors
Let others sing their songs of war
And chant their hymns of splendid death,
Let others praise the soldiers’ ways … Continue Reading …
The Peaks of Valor
… Continue Reading …
The Perfect Dinner Table
A table cloth that’s slightly soiled
Where greasy little hands have toiled;
The napkins kept in silver rings, … Continue Reading …
The Price Of Joy
You don’t begrudge the labor when the roses
start to bloom;
You don’t recall the dreary days that won you … Continue Reading …
The Price of Riches
… Continue Reading …
The Princess Pat’s
A touch of the plain and the prairie,
A bit of the Motherland, too;
A strain of the fur-trapper wary, … Continue Reading …
The Princess Pats
… Continue Reading …
The Proof of Worth
… Continue Reading …
The Radio
… Continue Reading …
The Ready Artists
The green is in the meadow and the blue is in
the sky,
And all of Nature’s artists have their colors … Continue Reading …
The Real Bait
To gentle ways I am inclined;
I have no wish to kill.
To creatures dumb I would be kind; … Continue Reading …
The Real Successes
… Continue Reading …
The Right Family
With time our notions allus change,
An’ years make old idees seem strange—
Take Mary there—time was when she … Continue Reading …
The Roads of Happiness
… Continue Reading …
The Rough Little Rascal
A smudge on his nose and a smear on his cheek
And knees that might not have been washed in a week;
A bump on his forehead, a scar on his lip, … Continue Reading …
The Scoffer
… Continue Reading …
The Scoutmaster
… Continue Reading …
The Silver Stripes
When we’ve honored the heroes returning from France
And we’ve mourned for the heroes who fell,
When we’ve done all we can for the homecoming man … Continue Reading …
The Simple Things
… Continue Reading …
The Soldier on Crutches
… Continue Reading …
The Song of the Builder
… Continue Reading …
The Song of Loved Ones
The father toils at his work all day,
And he hums this song as he plods away:”
Heigho! for the mother and babe of three … Continue Reading …
The Sorrow Tugs
There’s a lot of joy in the smiling world,
there’s plenty of morning sun,
And laughter and songs and dances, too, whenever … Continue Reading …
The Sorry Hostess
… Continue Reading …
The Spirit of the Home
… Continue Reading …
The Spoiler
… Continue Reading …
The States
There is no star within the flag
That’s brighter than its brothers,
And when of Michigan I brag, … Continue Reading …
The Stick-Together Families
… Continue Reading …
The Struggle
… Continue Reading …
The Sulkers
The world’s too busy now to pause
To listen to a whiner’s cause;
It has no time to stop and pet … Continue Reading …
The Summer Children
… Continue Reading …
The Tears Expressive
Death crossed his threshold yesterday
And left the glad voice of his loved one dumb.
To him the living now will come … Continue Reading …
The Tender Blossoms
… Continue Reading …
The Test
You can brag about the famous men you know;
You may boast about the great men you have met,
Parsons, eloquent and wise; stars in histrionic skies; … Continue Reading …
The Things That Haven’t Been Done Before
The things that haven’t been done before,
Those are the things to try;
Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore … Continue Reading …
The Things That Make A Soldier Great
The things that make a soldier great and send
him out to die,
To face the flaming cannon’s mouth nor ever … Continue Reading …
The Things They Mustn’t Touch
Been down to the art museum an’ looked at a thousand things,
The bodies of ancient mummies an’ the treasures of ancient kings,
An’ some of the walls were lovely, but some of the things weren’t much, … Continue Reading …
The Things You Can’t Forget
… Continue Reading …
The Three Me’s
… Continue Reading …
The Time for Deeds
… Continue Reading …
The Time I Played with Vardon
… Continue Reading …
The Tower Clock
… Continue Reading …
The Town of Used to Be
… Continue Reading …
The Toy-Strewn Home
Give me the house where the toys are strewn,
Where the dolls are asleep in the chairs,
Where the building blocks and the toy balloon … Continue Reading …
The Tramp
Eagerly he took my dime,
Then shuffled on his way,
Thick with sin and filth and grime, … Continue Reading …
The Training of Jimmy McBride
… Continue Reading …
The True Critic
… Continue Reading …
The True Man
… Continue Reading …
The Truth About Envy
… Continue Reading …
The Tumbler at the Sink
… Continue Reading …
The Undaunted
… Continue Reading …
The Unknown Friends
We cannot count our friends, nor say
How many praise us day by day.
Each one of us has friends that he … Continue Reading …
The Unsettled Scores
… Continue Reading …
The Waiter
… Continue Reading …
The Waiter at the Camp
… Continue Reading …
The Way of a Wife
… Continue Reading …
The Weaver
… Continue Reading …
The White Oak
… Continue Reading …
The Wide Outdoors
… Continue Reading …
The Willing Horse
… Continue Reading …
The World and Bud
… Continue Reading …
The World Is Against Me
… Continue Reading …
The workman’s dream
To-day it’s dirt and dust and steam,
To-morrow it will be the same,
And through it all the soul must dream … Continue Reading …
The Wrist Watch Man
… Continue Reading …
The Yellow Dog
… Continue Reading …
There Are No Gods
… Continue Reading …
They’re Waiting Over There
… Continue Reading …
There Will Always Be Something to Do
There will always be something to do, my boy;
There will always be wrongs to right;
There will always be need for a manly breed … Continue Reading …
Thoughts of a Father
We’ve never seen the Father here, but we have known the Son,
The finest type of manhood since the world was first begun. … Continue Reading …
Thoughts of a Soldier
… Continue Reading …
Tied Down
“They tie you down,” a woman said,
Whose cheeks should have been flaming red
With shame to speak of children so.” … Continue Reading …
Tinkerin’ at Home
Some folks there be who seem to need excitement fast and furious,
An’ reckon all the joys that have no thrill in ’em are spurious. … Continue Reading …
To a Kindly Critic
… Continue Reading …
To a Lady Knitting
… Continue Reading …
To a Little Girl
… Continue Reading …
To a Young Man
The great were once as you.
They whom men magnify to-day
Once groped and blundered on life’s way, … Continue Reading …
To an Old Friend
… Continue Reading …
To the Boy
I have no wish, my little lad,
To climb the towering heights of fame.
I am content to be your dad … Continue Reading …
To the Humble
… Continue Reading …
To The Lady In The Electric
Lady in the show case carriage,
Do not think that I’m a bear;
Not for worlds would I disparage … Continue Reading …
To the Little Baby
… Continue Reading …
To the Men at Home
… Continue Reading …
Tommy Atkins’ Way
He was battle-scarred and ugly with the marks of shot and shell,
And we knew that British Tommy had a stirring tale to tell,
So we asked him where he got it and what disarranged his face, … Continue Reading …
To-Morrow
He was going to be all that a mortal should be
To-morrow.
No one should be kinder or braver than he … Continue Reading …
Tonsils
One day the doctor came because my throat was feeling awful sore,
And when he looked inside to see he said: “It’s like it was before; … Continue Reading …
Too Big a Price
… Continue Reading …
Toys
… Continue Reading …
Toys and Life
You can learn a lot from boys
By the way they use their toys;
Some are selfish in their care, … Continue Reading …
Treasures
Some folks I know, when friends drop in
To visit for awhile and chin,
Just lead them round the rooms and halls … Continue Reading …
Triumph
… Continue Reading …
Trouble Brings Friends
… Continue Reading …
True Nobility
Who does his task from day to day
And meets whatever comes his way,
Believing God has willed it so, … Continue Reading …
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U
Unchangeable Mother
Mothers never change, I guess,
In their tender thoughtfulness.
Makes no difference that you grow … Continue Reading …
Under the Roof Where the Laughter Rings
Under the roof where the laughter rings,
That’s where I long to be;
There are all of the glorious things, … Continue Reading …
Under The Skin Of Men
Did you ever sit down and talk with men
In a serious sort of a way,
On their views of life and ponder then … Continue Reading …
Understanding
When I was young and frivolous and never
stopped to think,
When I was always doing wrong, or just upon … Continue Reading …
Unimportant Differences
… Continue Reading …
United
… Continue Reading …
United States
He shall be great who serves his country well.
He shall be loved who ever guards her fame.
His worth the starry banner long shall tell, … Continue Reading …
Until She Died
Until she died we never knew
The beauty of our faith in God.
We’d seen the summer roses nod … Continue Reading …
Up to the Ceiling
… Continue Reading …
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V
Vacation Time
… Continue Reading …
Visitors
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W – X – Y – Z
Wait Till Your Pa Comes Home
… Continue Reading …
War’s Homecoming
… Continue Reading …
Warriors
… Continue Reading …
We Need a Few More Optimists
… Continue Reading …
We Who Stay at Home
… Continue Reading …
We’re Dreamers All
… Continue Reading …
We’ve Had a Letter From the Boy
… Continue Reading …
What A Baby Costs
“How much do babies cost?” said he
The other night upon my knee;
And then I said: “They cost a lot; … Continue Reading …
What a Father Wants to Know
… Continue Reading …
What Father Knows
My father knows the proper way
The nation should be run;
He tells us children every day … Continue Reading …
What Home’s Intended For
… Continue Reading …
What I Call Living
… Continue Reading …
What Is Success?
… Continue Reading …
What Makes an Artist
… Continue Reading …
What We Need
… Continue Reading …
When a Little Baby Dies
When a little baby dies
And its wee form silent lies,
And its little cheeks seem waxen … Continue Reading …
When an Old Man Gets to Thinking
When an old man gets to thinking of the years he’s traveled through,
He hears again the laughter of the little ones he knew. … Continue Reading …
When Day Is Done
… Continue Reading …
When Father Broke His Arm
… Continue Reading …
When Father Played Baseball
… Continue Reading …
When Father Shook The Stove
‘Twas not so many years ago,
Say, twenty-two or three,
When zero weather or below … Continue Reading …
When Friends Drop In
… Continue Reading …
When I Get Home
… Continue Reading …
When Ma Wants Something New
… Continue Reading …
When Mother Cooked With Wood
… Continue Reading …
When Mother Sleeps
… Continue Reading …
When My Ship Comes In
You shall have satin and silk to wear,
When my ship comes in;
And jewels to shine in your raven hair, … Continue Reading …
When Mother Made an Angel Cake
When mother baked an angel cake we kids would gather round
An’ watch her gentle hands at work, an’ never make a sound; … Continue Reading …
When Nellie’s on the Job
… Continue Reading …
When Pa Comes Home
When Pa comes home, I’m at the door,
An’ then he grabs me off the floor
An’ throws me up an’ catches me … Continue Reading …
When Pa Counts
Pa’s not so very big or brave; he can’t lift
weights like Uncle Jim;
His hands are soft like little girls’; most anyone … Continue Reading …
When Sorrow Comes
… Continue Reading …
When the Drums Shall Cease to Beat
… Continue Reading …
When the Minister Calls
… Continue Reading …
When the Soap Gets in Your Eye
… Continue Reading …
When the Young are Grown
Once the house was lovely, but it’s lonely here to-day,
For time has come an’ stained its walls an’ called the young away;
An’ all that’s left for mother an’ for me till life is through … Continue Reading …
When There’s Company for Tea
… Continue Reading …
When We Play the Fool
… Continue Reading …
When We Understand the Plan
… Continue Reading …
When We’re All Alike
… Continue Reading …
When You Know A Fellow
When you get to know a fellow, know his joys
and know his cares,
When you’ve come to understand him and the … Continue Reading …
Where Children Play
… Continue Reading …
Where’s Mamma?
… Continue Reading …
Who Is Your Boss?
… Continue Reading …
Whooping Cough
… Continue Reading …
Why We Fight
… Continue Reading …
Wife o’ Mine
… Continue Reading …
Winding the Clock
When I was but a little lad, my old Grandfather said
That none should wind the clock but he, and so, at time for bed,
He’d fumble for the curious key kept high upon the shelf … Continue Reading …
With Dog and Gun
… Continue Reading …
Yesterday
… Continue Reading …
Your Country Needs You
… Continue Reading …
Youth
If I had youth I’d bid the world to try me;
I’d answer every challenge to my will.
Though mountains stood in silence to defy me, … Continue Reading …
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Littérature Américaine – Livres pour Enfants – Poésie Américaine – Edgar A. Guest
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Американская литература – Детские книги – Американская поэзия – Генри Уодсворт Лонгфелло
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