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").

Bedtime

It's bedtime, and we lock the door,Put out the lights- the day is o'er;All that can come of good or ill,The record of this day to fill,Is written..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Sympathy

SympathyOne came to the house with a pretty speech:'It's all for the best,' said he,And I know that he sought my heart to reach,And I know that he..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Afraid Of His Dad

Bill Jones, who goes to school with me,Is the saddest boy I ever see.He's just so 'fraid he runs awayWhen all of us fellows want to play,An' says he..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Book Of Memory

Turn me loose and let me beYoung once more and fancy free;Let me wander where I will,Down the lane and up the hill,Trudging barefoot in the dustIn an..

© Edgar Albert Guest

To A Little Girl

Oh, little girl with eyes of brownAnd smiles that fairly light the town,I wonder if you really knowJust why it is we love you so,And why- with all..

© Edgar Albert Guest

When We'Re All Alike

I've trudged life's highway up and down;I've watched the lines of men march by;I've seen them in the busy town,And seen them under country sky;I've..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Temple - What Makes It Of Worth

You may delve down to rock for your foundation piers,You may go with your steel to the skyYou may purchase the best of the thought of the years,And..

© Edgar Albert Guest

A Christmas Carol

God bless you all this Christmas DayAnd drive the cares and griefs away.Oh, may the shining Bethlehem starWhich led the wise men from afarUpon your..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Little Wrangles

Lord, we've had our little wrangles, an' we've had our little bouts;There's many a time, I reckon, that we have been on the outs;My tongue's a trifle..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Little Old-Fashioned Church

THE little old-fashioned church, with the pews that were straight-backed and plain,Where the sunbeams to worship came in through the windows that..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Contentment

When e'er I 'm sad, why then I 'm gladTo think that I 'm no sadder;And when I 'm glad, I 'm a happy ladTo think none could be gladder.

© Edgar Albert Guest

Practicing Time

Always whenever I want to playI've got to practice an hour a day,Get through breakfast an' make my bed,And Mother says: 'Marjorie, run ahead!There's..

© Edgar Albert Guest

April Thoughts

Listen to the laughter of the brook that's racin' by!Listen to the chatter of the black-birds on the fence!Stand an' see the beauties of the blue..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Fly A Clean Flag

This I heard the Old Flag sayAs I passed it yesterday:'Months ago your friendly handsFastened me on slender strandsAnd with patriotic lovePlaced me..

© Edgar Albert Guest

He Should Meet A Mother There

If he should meet a mother thereAlong some winding Flanders road,No extra touch of grief or careHe'll add unto her heavy load.But he will kindly take..

© Edgar Albert Guest

If You And I

IF you would smile a little moreAnd I would kinder be,If you would stop to think beforeYou speak of faults you see.If I would show more patience..

© Edgar Albert Guest

We Who Stay At Home

When you were just our little boy, on many a night we creptUnto your cot and watched o'er you, and all the time you slept.We tucked the covers round..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Follow The Flag

Aye, we will follow the FlagWherever she goes,Into the tropic sun,Into the northern snows;Go where the guns ring outScattering steel and..

© Edgar Albert Guest

July The Fourth, 1917

Time was the cry went round the world:America for freedom speaks,A new flag is to-day unfurled,An eagle on the mountain shrieks,A king is failing on..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Approach Of Christmas

There's a little chap at our house that is being mighty good-Keeps the front lawn looking tidy in the way we've said he should;Doesn't leave his..

© Edgar Albert Guest

When It's Bad To Forget

DID you ever meet a brother as you hurried on your wayAnd invite him up to dinner, and his wife;Did you ever keep him standing until he had named the..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Little Home

The little house is not too smallTo shelter friends who come to call.Though low the roof and small its spaceIt holds the Lord's abounding grace,And..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Prayer For The Home

Peace, unto this house, I pray,Keep terror and despair away;Shield it from evil and let sinNever find lodging room within.May never in these walls be..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Discovery Of A Soul

He didn't seem to care for work, he wasn't much at school.His speech was slow and commonplace- you wouldn't call him fool.And yet until the war broke..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Joys Within Reach

You needn't be rich to be happy,You needn't be famous to smile;There are joys for the poorest of toilersIf only he'll think them worth while.There..

© Edgar Albert Guest