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").

As It Is

I might wish the world were better,I might sit around and sighFor a water that is wetterAnd a bluer sort of sky.There are times I think the..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Reflection

You have given me riches and ease,You have given me joys through the years,I have sat in the shade of your trees,With the song of your birds in my..

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Life's Slacker

The saddest sort of death to dieWould be to quit the game called lifeAnd know, beneath the gentle sky,You'd lived a slacker in the strife.That..

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It's A Boy

The doctor leads a busy life, he wages war with death;Long hours he spends to help the one who's fighting hard for breath;He cannot call his time his..

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The Friendly Greeting

Oh, we have friends in England, and we have friends in France,And should we have to travel there through some strange circumstance,Undaunted we..

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Why I'M Glad

I'M glad I have a wife at homeThat's patient, kind and true;I 'm glad a little tot of threeAt home waits for me, too;I 'm glad that I can see them..

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The Responsibility Of Fatherhood

BEFORE you came, my little lad,I used to think that I was good,Some vicious habits, too, I had,But wouldn't change them if I could.I held my head up..

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A Song

Rough be the road and long,Steep be the hills ahead,Grant that my faith be strong,Fearlessly let me tread.After the day's hard testHome — with its..

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Lost Opportunities

'When I am rich,' he used to say,'A thousand joys I'll give away;I'll walk among the poor I findAnd unto one and all be kind.I'll place a wreath of..

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Little Girls

God made the little boys for fun, for rough and tumble times of play;He made their little legs to run and race and scamper through the day.He made..

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The Benefit Of Trouble

IF LIFE were rosy and skies were blueAnd never a cloud appeared,If every heart that you loved proved true,And never a friendship seared;If there were..

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If Those Who Love Us

F those who love us find us trueAnd kind and gentle, and are gladWhen each grim working day is throughTo have us near them, why be sad?If those who..

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To A Lady Knitting

Little woman, hourly sitting,Something for a soldier knitting,What in fancy can you see?Many pictures come to meThrough the stitch that now you're..

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The Simple Things

I would not be too wise- so very wiseThat I must sneer at simple songs and creeds,And let the glare of wisdom blind my eyesTo humble people and their..

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Little Feet

There is no music quite so sweetAs patter of a baby's feet.Who never hears along the hallThe sound of tiny feet that fallUpon the floor so soft and..

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The Common Touch

I would not be too wise—so very wiseThat I must sneer at simple songs and creeds,And let the glare of wisdom blind my eyesTo humble people and their..

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A Plea

GOD grant me these: the strength to doSome needed service here;The wisdom to be brave and true;The gift of vision clear,That in each task that comes..

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Until She Died

Until she died we never knewThe beauty of our faith in God.We'd seen the summer roses nodAnd wither as the tempests blew,Through many a spring we'd..

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Ten Fingered Mice

When a cake is nicely frosted and it's put away for tea,And it looks as trim and proper as a chocolate cake should be,Would it puzzle you at evening..

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The Tears Expressive

Death crossed his threshold yesterdayAnd left the glad voice of his loved one dumb.To him the living now will comeAnd cross his threshold in the..

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Ma And The Auto

Before we take an auto ride Pa says to Ma: 'My dear,Now just remember I don't need suggestions from the rear.If you will just sit still back there..

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Baby's Got A Tooth

The telephone rang in my office to-day,as it often has tinkled before.I turned in my chair in a half-grouchy way,for a telephone call is a bore;And I..

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Challenge

Life is a challenge to the bold,It flings its gauntlet downAnd bids us, if we seek for goldAnd glory and renown,To come and take them from its..

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Failures

'Tis better to have tried in vain,Sincerely striving for a goal,Than to have lived upon the plainAn idle and a timid soul.'Tis better to have fought..

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Manhood's Greeting

I've' felt some little thrills of pride, I've inwardly rejoicedAlong the pleasant lanes of life to hear my praises voiced;No great distinction have I..

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