Edgar Albert Guest Poems

God has been good to men. He gave
His Only Son their souls to save,
And then he made a second gift,
Which from their dreary lives should lift
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There are times a woman's love
Fer a man stands out, I guess,
More ‘n usual, like as when
Sickness comes or else distress;
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If I were running a factory
I'd stick up a sign for all to see,
I'd print it large and I'd nail it high
On every wall that the men walked by,
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To gentle ways I am inclined;
I have no wish to kill.
To creatures dumb I would be kind;
I like them all, but still
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The handy man about the house
Is old and bent and gray;
Each morning in the yard he toils,
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I cheated a good friend yesterday,
Kept what was his, and went my way,
Wronged him by silence-for in haste
I let a glad thought go to waste.
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If you would know a happy man,
Go find the fellow who
Has had a bout with trouble grim
And just come smiling through.
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I''D rather be considered dull
Than use my brain denouncing things;
I'd rather not be critical
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rose unto the bights of fame
And with the great men stood,
He heard the people cheer his name
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WHAT would be the use of singing songs
If there was no little woman near to hear them?
What would be the use of righting wrongs
If a little woman didn't cease to fear them?
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