Edgar Albert Guest Poems

We were speakin' of excitement, an' the hair upliftin' thrills
That sorter dot life's landscape, like the bill board ads. for pills,
An' one feller spoke of bein' in a railroad wreck or two
An' another one of skatin' on some ice that let him through.
Then a meek-faced little brother in the smoker's corner said:
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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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I KNOW the rose will bloom again
As soon as it is June,
The robin will return by then
To sing his merry tune.
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ACONVALESCIN' woman does the strangest sort o' things,
An' it's wonderful the courage that a little new strength brings;
O, it's never safe to leave her for an hour or two alone,
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He was battle-scarred and ugly with the marks of shot and shell,
And we knew that British Tommy had a stirring tale to tell,
So we asked him where he got it and what disarranged his face,
And he answered, blushing scarlet: 'In a nawsty little place.'
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HE took off his hat to the woman next door,
But he wouldn't do that for his wife;
He picked up the handkerchief dropped Jon the floor,
But he wouldn't do that for his wife;
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Seemed like I couldn't stand it any more,
The factory whistles blowin' day by day,
An' men an' children hurryin' by the door,
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MEBBE I shall weep tomorrow,
Mebbe I shall lose my job,
Mebbe bowed in grief and sorrow
I shall sit alone and sob.
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JUST now I think
I 'd like to be
At the river's brink
Beneath a tree,
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