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Edgar Albert Guest Poems
- See It Through When you're up against a trouble, Meet ...
- On Quitting How much grit do you think you've got? Can ...
- Hard Luck Ain't no use as I can see In sittin' underneath...
- A Toast To The Men Here's to the men! Since Adam's time ...
- The Bachelor's Soliloquy To wed, or not to wed; that is the ...
- Thanksgiving Gettin' together to smile an' rejoice, An' ...
- A Father's Prayer Lord, make me tolerant and wise; Incline ...
Edgar Allen Guest also known as Eddie Guest was a prolific English-born American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century and became known as the People's Poet.
Eddie Guest was born in Birmingham, England in 1881, moving to Michigan USA as a young child, it was here he was educated.
In 1895, the year before Henry Ford took his first ride in a motor carriage, Eddie Guest signed on with the Free Press as a 13-year-old office boy. He stayed for 60 years.
In those six decades, Detroit underwent half a dozen identity changes, but Eddie Guest became a steadfast character on the changing scene.
Three years after he joined the Free Press,... more »
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See It Through
When you're up against a trouble,
Meet it squarely, face to face;
Lift your chin and set your shoulders,
Plant your feet and take a brace.
When it's vain to try to dodge it,
Do the best that you can do;
You may fail, but you may conquer,
See it through!
Black may be the clouds about you
And your future may seem grim,
But don't let your nerve desert you;
Keep yourself in fighting trim.
If the worst is bound to happen,
Spite of all that you can do,
Running from it will not save you,
See it ...
I am looking for a poem about a newspaper boy that begins: “He went his way and never knew how much his words had thrilled him through; he’d merely stopped upon the street to buy a newsboy’s printed sheet.”
As a Rotarian, I had a poem by Edgar Guest about Rotary. I used it in a talk I gave to a Rotary Conference.
I cannot find the printed copy of it. Would love to have a copy of it.
I wrote the poem Myself in 1983 while at college, How? Please someone explain this to me. Only a few words different instead of wealth I used the word pelf, which means riches.
I want to put Eger Guest's Sermons we see in a book I'm writing. I can't find what year it was written. Or where I go for permission.
I have a poem that I have had for many many years. It has no title but starts with the line Oh Lad of mine, oh lad of mine, be never coldly dumb to me. I can't find it anywhere. It is written in calligraphy and signed Edgar R. Guest. I have had it under glass for 50 years. How can I find out if it an original?
Looking for the poem about green keepers. He's on the greens at break of day....
Looking for the poem by Guest called “Advertise me“ read it once
Sweet sixteen poem, it is an old poem
Fantastic one...Really heart techable...
Really nice poem search my Poem The nights of December