Edgar Albert Guest Poems

Right must not live in idleness,
Nor dwell in smug content;
It must be strong, against the throng
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It's an easy world to live in if you choose to make it so;
You never need to suffer, save the griefs that all must know;
If you'll stay upon the level and will 'do the best you can
You will never lack the friendship of a kindly fellow man.
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Don't want medals on my breast,
Don't want all the glory,
I'm not worrying greatly lest
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Curly locks, what do you know of the world,
And what do your brown eyes see?
Has your baby mind been able to find
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'Men will grow weary,' said the Lord,
'Of working for their bed and board.
They'll weary of the money chase
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Songs of rejoicin',
Of love and of cheer,
Are the songs that I'm yearnin' for
Year after year.
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If all the flowers were roses,
If never daisies grew,
If no old-fashioned posies
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I would rather be the daddy
Of a romping, roguish crew,
Of a bright-eyed chubby laddie
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He was playing in the garden when we called him in for tea,
But he didn't seem to hear us, so I went out there to see
What the little rogue was up to, and I stooped and asked him why,
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Ain't it fine when things are going
Topsy-turvy and askew
To discover someone showing
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