Edgar Albert Guest Poems

She never closed her eyes in sleep till we were all in bed;
On party nights till we came home she often sat and read.
We little thought about it then, when we were young and gay,
How much the mother worried when we children were away.
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When we have lived our little lives and wandered all their byways through,
When we've seen all that we shall see and finished all that we must do,
When we shall take one backward look off yonder where our journey ends,
I pray that you shall be as glad as I shall be that we were friends.
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Up to the ceiling
And down to the floor,
Hear him now squealing
And calling for more.
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You ought to be fine for the sake of the folks
Who think you are fine.
If others have faith in you doubly you're bound
To stick to the line.
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I am selfish in my wishin' every sort o' joy for you;
I am selfish when I tell you that I'm wishin' skies o' blue
Bending o'er you every minute, and a pocketful of gold,
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IF no one ever went ahead,
If we had seen no friend depart
And mourned him for a while as dead,
How great would be our fear to start.
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'Twas not so many years ago,
Say, twenty-two or three,
When zero weather or below
Held many a thrill for me.
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I remember the excitement and the terrible alarm
That worried everybody when William broke his arm;
An' how frantic Pa and Ma got only jes' the other day
When they couldn't find the baby coz he'd up an' walked away;
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ABOVE it flies the flag we love,
Within it is the blood we gave;
It stands a part and portion of
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IF you like a brother here,
Tell him so;
If you hold his friendship dear,
Let him know;
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