Edgar Albert Guest Poems

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151.
To An Old Friend

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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152.
All That Matters

When all that matters shall be written down
And the long record of our years is told,
Where sham, like flesh, must perish and grow cold;
When the tomb closes on our fair renown
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153.
The Average Man

MINE is a song of the average man
Who has been on earth since the world began!
You'll find him kind and you'll find him true,
You'll find him cheerful and happy, too.
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154.
Up To The Ceiling

Up to the ceiling
And down to the floor,
Hear him now squealing
And calling for more.
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155.
Mrs. Malone And The Censor

When Mrs. Malone got a letter from Pat
She started to read it aloud in her flat.
'Dear Mary,' it started, 'I can't tell you much,
I'm somewhere in France, and I'm fightin' the Dutch;
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156.
Ambition

If you would rise above the throng
And seek the crown of fame,
You must do more than drift along
And merely play the game.
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157.
The Panama Canal

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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158.
The Lost Purse

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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159.
For The Living

IF you like a brother here,
Tell him so;
If you hold his friendship dear,
Let him know;
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160.
The Green Of Michigan

I'VE seen the Rockies in the west,
I've seen the canyons wild and grim,
I've seen the prairies golden dressed,
And California's hedges prim.
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