Edgar Albert Guest Poems

When you get to know a fellow, know his joys and know his cares,
When you've come to understand him and the burdens that he bears,
When you've learned the fight he's making and the troubles in his way,
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IT was thick with Prussian troopers, it was foul with German guns;
Every tree that cast a shadow was a sheltering place for Huns.
Death was guarding every roadway, death was watching every field,
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'How much do babies cost?' said he
The other night upon my knee;
And then I said: 'They cost a lot;
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He couldn't use his driver any better on the tee
Than the chap that he was licking, who just happened to be me;
I could hit them with a brassie just as straight and just as far,
But I piled up several sevens while he made a few in par;
And he trimmed me to a finish, and I know the reason why:
He could keep his temper better when he dubbed a shot than I.
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This is the sort of a man was he:
True when it hurt him a lot to be;
Tight in a corner an' knowin' a lie
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His eye was wild and his face was taut with anger and hate and rage,
And the things he muttered were much too strong for the ink of the printed page. I found him there when the dusk came down, in his golf clothes still was he,
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As a golfer I'm not one who cops the money,
I shall always be a member of the dubs;
There are times my style is positively funny,
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My big brother will git you fer that,
He'll shine up your eye and he'll step on your hat:
You'd better watch out in the mornin', for he
Will be lookin' fer you, jes' for pickin' on me.
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(In which Ye Ed attempts the millionaire's game and obeys the first rule of golf, which is to put back the turf.)
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The brave man journeys straight ahead;
The coward goes
Along his way in constant dread
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