Edgar Albert Guest Poems

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371.
Couldn'T Live Without You

You're just a little fellow with a lot of funny ways,
Just three-foot-six of mischief set with eyes that fairly blaze;
You're always up to something with those busy hands o' yours,
And you leave a trail o' ruin on the walls an' on the doors,
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372.
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;
They bring the bitterest cares we know, their mothers' sharpest pain,
Then smile our world to loveliness, like sunshine after rain.
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373.
When We Understand The Plan

I reckon when the world we leave
And cease to smile and cease to grieve,
When each of us shall quit the strife
And drop the working tools of life,
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374.
The Contented Man

I'VE had a heap of fun and I've had a heap of sorrow,
I've had a heap of pleasure and I've had a heap of pain,
But I 'm treading just as gayly, just as bravely toward tomorrow,
And I 'm looking for the sunshine, but I 'm ready for the rain.
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375.
Up And Down The Lanes Of Love

UP and down the lanes of love,
With the bright blue skies above,
And the grass beneath our feet,
O, so green and O, so sweet!
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376.
Don'T Worry, Little Girl

Don't worry, little girl,
Don't you let one golden curl
Get awry.
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377.
A Heart To Heart Talk

THEY tell me that I 'm spoiling you,
I The neighbors say that you should be
For all the awful things you do,
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378.
Joy

I never knew the joy of getting home,
I never knew how fast a heart could beat;
I never tasted joy,
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379.
Little Girls Are Best

Little girls are mighty nice,
Take 'em any way they come;
They are always worth their price;
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380.
Out Of It All

Out of it all shall come splendor and gladness;
Out of the madness and out of the sadness,
Clearer and finer the world shall arise.
Why then keep sorrow and doubt in your eyes?
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