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").

A New Year's Plea

Lord, let me stand in the thick of the fight,Let me bear what I must without whining;Grant me the wisdom to do what is right,Though a thousand false..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Influence

This I think as I go my way:What can matter the words I say,And what can matter the false or trueOf any deed I am moved to do?This I think as I go..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Faith

This much I know:God does not wrong us here,Though oft His judgments seem severeAnd reason falters 'neath the blow,Some day we'll learn 'twas better..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Clinching The Bolt

It needed just an extra turn to make the bolt secure,A few more minutes on the job and then the work was sure;But he begrudged the extra turn, and..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Bulb Planting Time

Last night he said the dead were deadAnd scoffed my faith to scorn;I found him at a tulip bedWhen I passed by at morn.'O ho!' said I, 'the frost is..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Out Fishin'

A feller isn't thinkin' mean,Out fishin';His thoughts are mostly good an' clean,Out fishin'.He doesn't knock his fellow men.,Or harbor any grudges..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Example

Perhaps the victory shall not come to me,Perhaps I shall not reach the goal I seek,It may be at the last I shall be weakAnd falter as the promised..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Accomplished Care

All things grow lovely in a little while,The brush of memory paints a canvas fair;The dead face through the ages wears a smile,And glorious becomes..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Memory

I stood and watched him playing,A little lad of three,And back to me came strayingThe years that used to be;In him the boy was MayingWho once..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Graduation Dress

I'M not kicking on expenses, now the sewing time commences,I will buy chiffon and laces till they say they've got enough;Sure her dress for..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Bob White

Out near the links where I go to playMy favorite game from day to day,There's a friend of mine that I've never metWalked with or broken bread with..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Committee Meetings

For this and that and various thingsIt seems that men must get together,To purchase cups or diamond ringsOr to discuss the price of leather.From nine..

© Edgar Albert Guest

History Teaches

CAESAR did a few things,Horace wrote in style,Good old Plato knew thingsVery much worth while.Famous AristotleHad the master's touch;Blow this in..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Out Of It All

Out of it all shall come splendor and gladness;Out of the madness and out of the sadness,Clearer and finer the world shall arise.Why then keep sorrow..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Little Girls Are Best

Little girls are mighty nice,Take 'em any way they come;They are always worth their price;Life without 'em would be glum;Run earth's lists of..

© Edgar Albert Guest

A Heart To Heart Talk

THEY tell me that I 'm spoiling you,I The neighbors say that you should beFor all the awful things you do,Laid face down over daddy's kneeAnd spanked..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Up And Down The Lanes Of Love

UP and down the lanes of love,With the bright blue skies above,And the grass beneath our feet,O, so green and O, so sweet!There we wandered boy and..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Contented Man

I'VE had a heap of fun and I've had a heap of sorrow,I've had a heap of pleasure and I've had a heap of pain,But I 'm treading just as gayly, just as..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Don'T Worry, Little Girl

Don't worry, little girl,Don't you let one golden curlGet awry.Don't you ever let appearE'en the symbol of a tearIn your eye.For the world has need..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Joy

I never knew the joy of getting home,I never knew how fast a heart could beat;I never tasted joy,Till the day my little boyCame running up to meet me..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Children

The children bring us laughter, and the children bring us tears;They string our joys, like jewels bright, upon the thread of years;They bring the..

© Edgar Albert Guest

When We Understand The Plan

I reckon when the world we leaveAnd cease to smile and cease to grieve,When each of us shall quit the strifeAnd drop the working tools of..

© Edgar Albert Guest

I Ain'T Dead Yet

Time was I used to worry and I'd sit around an' sigh,And think with every ache I got that I was goin' to die,I'd see disaster comin' from a dozen..

© Edgar Albert Guest

A Convalescin' Woman

A convalescin' woman does the strangest sort o' things,An' it's wonderful the courage that a little new strength brings;O, it's never safe to leave..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Couldn'T Live Without You

You're just a little fellow with a lot of funny ways,Just three-foot-six of mischief set with eyes that fairly blaze;You're always up to something..

© Edgar Albert Guest