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").
When You Know A Fellow
When you get to know a fellow, know his joys and know his cares,When you've come to understand him and the burdens that he bears,When you've learned..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Battle Of Belleau Wood
IT was thick with Prussian troopers, it was foul with German guns;Every tree that cast a shadow was a sheltering place for Huns.Death was guarding..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Only A Dad
Only a dad, with a tired face,Coming home from the daily race,Bringing little of gold or fame,To show how well he has played the game,But glad in his..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Proof Of Worth
Though victory's proof of the skill you possess,Defeat is the proof of your grit;A weakling can smile in his days of success,But at trouble's first..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Your Country Needs You
The country needs a man like you,It has a task for you to do.It has a job for you to face.Somewhere for you it has a place.Not all the slackers dodge..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Heroes
There are different kinds of heroes, there are some you hear about.They get their pictures printed, and their names the newsboys shout;There are..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Tomorrow
He was going to be all that a mortal should beTomorrow.No one should be kinder or braver than heTomorrow.A friend who was troubled and weary he..
© Edgar Albert Guest
A Successful Dad
OTHERS may laugh at my feeble endeavorTo capture life's prizes, and others may sneer;The whole world may loudly declare I shall neverBe worthy the..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Success And Failure
I do not think all failure's undeserved,And all success is merely someone's luck;Some men are down because they were unnerved,And some are up because..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Not A Money Debt
YOU can't pay back in dollars what your father does for you,You can't repay in kindness all the tenderness he shows;You little know the perils he has..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Mother Watch
She never closed her eyes in sleep till we were all in bed;On party nights till we came home she often sat and read.We little thought about it then..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Life Is What We Make It
Life is a jest;Take the delight of it.Laughter is best;Sing through the night of it.Swiftly the tearAnd the hurt and the ache of itFind us down..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Our Duty To Our Flag
Less hate and greedIs what we needAnd more of service true;More men to loveThe flag aboveAnd keep it first in view.Less boast and bragAbout the..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Equipment
Figure it out for yourself, my lad,You've all that the greatest of men have had,Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes,And a brain to use if you..
© Edgar Albert Guest
At The Millennium
At The MillenniumWHENEVER men and women learnTo be themselves from day to day,To spend no more than what they earn,Not caring what their neighbors..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Mother
Never a sigh for the cares that she bore for meNever a thought of the joys that flew by;Her one regret that she couldn't do more for me,Thoughtless..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Mother's Glasses
I've told about the times that Ma can't find her pocketbook,And how we have to hustle round for it to help her look,But there's another care we know..
© Edgar Albert Guest
At Breakfast Time
My Pa he eats his breakfastin a funny sort of way:We hardly ever see himat the first meal of the day.Ma puts his food before himand he settles in his..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Eternal Friendship
Who once has had a friend has foundThe link 'twixt mortal and divine;Though now he sleeps in hallowed ground,He lives in memory's sacred shrine;And..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Success
This I would claim for my success—not fame nor gold,Nor the throng's changing cheers from day to day,Not always ease and fortune's glad..
© Edgar Albert Guest
A Boy And His Dog
A boy and his dog make a glorious pair:No better friendship is found anywhere,For they talk and they walk and they run and they play,And they have..
© Edgar Albert Guest
A Child Of Mine
I will lend you, for a little time,A child of mine, He said.For you to love the while he lives,And mourn for when he's dead.It may be six or seven..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Gentle Gardener
I'd like to leave but daffodillsto mark my little way,To leave but tulips red and whitebehind me as I stray;I'd like to pass away from earthand feel..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Don'T Quit
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,when the road you're trudging seems all uphill,when the funds are low and the debts are high,and you..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Good Books
Good books are friendly things to own.If you are busy they will wait.They will not call you on the phoneOr wake you if the hour is late.They stand..
© Edgar Albert Guest