Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

The Inn-Keeper Makes Excuses

'Oh, if only I had known!'Said the keeper of the inn.'But no hint to me was shown,And I didn't let them in.'Yes, a star gleamed overhead,But I..

© Edgar Albert Guest

My Religion

My religion's lovin' God, who made us, one and all,Who marks, no matter where it be, the humble sparrow's fall;An' my religion's servin' Him the very..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Since I Have Done My Best

SINCE I have done my best, I doNot fear the outcome; here I standPrepared for judgment when men viewThe labor of my heart and hand.If good, then..

© Edgar Albert Guest

A Good Name

Men talk too much of gold and fame,And not enough about a name;And yet a good name's better farThan all earth's glistening jewels are.Who holds his..

© Edgar Albert Guest

If This Were All

If this were all of life we'll know,If this brief space of breathWere all there is to human toil,If death were really death,And never should the soul..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Consolation

SO YOU 'RE sobbin' in the night time, an' you 're sighin' through the day,An' your heart is ever callin' for the loved one gone away;An' you're..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Song Of Loved Ones

The father toils at his work all day,And he hums this song as he plods away:'Heigho! for the mother and babe of threeWho watch at the window each..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Life And Hereafter

NOT over there do I awaitReward for patience here below,Not over there at Heaven's gateIs all the joy that I shall know;Not for the joys to be am..

© Edgar Albert Guest

For The Living

IF you like a brother here,Tell him so;If you hold his friendship dear,Let him know;All the roses that you spreadOn his bier when he is deadAre not..

© Edgar Albert Guest

When My Ship Comes In

You shall have satin and silk to wear,When my ship comes in;And jewels to shine in your raven hair,When my ship comes in.Oh, the path is dreary..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Panama Canal

ABOVE it flies the flag we love,Within it is the blood we gave;It stands a part and portion ofThe courage that once freed the slave.The strength that..

© Edgar Albert Guest

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.I've seen..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Lost Purse

I remember the excitement and the terrible alarmThat worried everybody when William broke his arm;An' how frantic Pa and Ma got only jes' the other..

© Edgar Albert Guest

When Father Shook The Stove

'Twas not so many years ago,Say, twenty-two or three,When zero weather or belowHeld many a thrill for me.Then in my icy room I sleptA youngster's..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Departed

IF no one ever went ahead,If we had seen no friend departAnd mourned him for a while as dead,How great would be our fear to start.If no one for us..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Obligation Of Friendship

You ought to be fine for the sake of the folksWho think you are fine.If others have faith in you doubly you're boundTo stick to the line.It's not..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Selfish

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' blueBending o'er you every minute, and a..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Up To The Ceiling

Up to the ceilingAnd down to the floor,Hear him now squealingAnd calling for more.Laughing and shouting,'Away up!' he cries.Who could be doubtingThe..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Vacation Time

Vacation time! How glad it seemedWhen as a boy I sat and dreamedAbove my school books, of the funThat I should claim when toil was done;And, Oh, how..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Average Man

MINE is a song of the average manWho has been on earth since the world began!You'll find him kind and you'll find him true,You'll find him cheerful..

© Edgar Albert Guest

All That Matters

When all that matters shall be written downAnd the long record of our years is told,Where sham, like flesh, must perish and grow cold;When the tomb..

© Edgar Albert Guest

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..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Mrs. Malone And The Censor

When Mrs. Malone got a letter from PatShe started to read it aloud in her flat.'Dear Mary,' it started, 'I can't tell you much,I'm somewhere in..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Ambition

If you would rise above the throngAnd seek the crown of fame,You must do more than drift alongAnd merely play the game.Whatever path your feet may..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Endurance

YOU never hear a woman boastOf her endurance, yet I vowThe tiniest mite o' a woman hasMore courage than a man, somehow.Lor' bless me, when I hear a..

© Edgar Albert Guest