Poem: “A Vow” by Edgar A. Guest

A Heap o’ Livin’

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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
    Or win a wreath of laurel for my brow;
  I may not gain the victories that men
    Are fighting for, nor do a thing to boast of;
  I may not get a fortune here, but then,
    The little that I have I’ll make the most of.

  I’ll make my little home a palace fine,
    My little patch of green a garden fair,
  And I shall know each humble plant and vine
    As rich men know their orchid blossoms rare.
  My little home may not be much to see;
    Its chimneys may not tower far above;
  But it will be a mansion great to me,
    For in its walls I’ll keep a hoard of love.

  I will not pass my modest pleasures by
    To grasp at shadows of more splendid things,
  Disdaining what of joyousness is nigh
    Because I am denied the joy of kings.
  But I will laugh and sing my way along,
    I’ll make the most of what is mine to-day,
  And if I never rise above the throng,
    I shall have lived a full life anyway.

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