Poem: “Somebody Else” by Edgar A. Guest

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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:
That deep in the envelope holding my payIs something that somebody asks.

I could go begging for water and breadAnd travel the highways of ease,
But somebody wants a roof over his headAnd stockings to cover his knees.
I could go shirking the duties of lifeAnd laugh when necessity pleads,
But rather I stand to the toil and the strifeTo furnish what somebody needs.

Somebody wants what I’ve strength to supply,And somebody’s waiting for me
To come home to-night with money to buyHer bread and her cake and her tea.
And as I am strong so her laughter will ring,And as I am true she will smile;
It’s the somebody else of the toiler or kingThat makes all the struggle worth while.

Somebody needs all the courage I own,And somebody’s trust is in me;
For never a man who can go it alone,Whatever his station may be.
So I stand to my task and I stand to my care,And struggle to come to success,
For the ribbons to tie up somebody’s hair,And my somebody’s pretty new dress.

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