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").

Drafted

The biggest moment in our lives was that when first he cried,From that day unto this, for him, we've struggled side by side.We can recount his daily..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Trouble Brings Friends

It's seldom trouble comes alone. I've noticed this: When things go wrongAn' trouble comes a-visitin', it always brings a friend along;Sometimes it's..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Sermons We See

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day;I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.The eye's a better pupil and more willing..

© Edgar Albert Guest

At Christmas

A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year;He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here;Then he's thinking more of..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Boy And His Stomach

What's the matter with you- ain't I always been your friend?Ain't I been a pardner to you? All my pennies don't I spendIn gettin' nice things for..

© Edgar Albert Guest

A Valentine

YOUR cheeks are pinker than the rose,Your eyes are bluer than the skies;Than you no fairer blossom grows,In you all earthly sweetness lies.Without..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Compensation

I'd like to think when life is doneThat I had filled a needed post.That here and there I'd paid my fareWith more than idle talk and boast;That I had..

© Edgar Albert Guest

It Couldn'T Be Done

Somebody said that it couldn't be doneBut he with a chuckle repliedThat 'maybe it couldn't,' but he would be oneWho wouldn't say so till he'd..

© Edgar Albert Guest

A Christmas Greeting

Here's to you, little mother,With your boy so far away;May the joy of service smotherAll your grief this Christmas day;May the magic of his..

© 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..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Alarm

Get off your downy cots of ease,There's work that must be done.Great danger's riding on the seas.The storm is coming on.Don't think that it will..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Be A Friend

Be a friend. You don't need money;Just a disposition sunny;Just the wish to help anotherGet along some way or other;Just a kindly hand extendedOut to..

© Edgar Albert Guest

I See You'Ve Travelled Some

Wherever you may chance to be — wherever you may roam,Far away in foreign lands; or just at home sweet home;It always gives you pleasure, it makes..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Move We Adjourn

When I'm weary of argument wordyAnd tired of continuous debate,When the speaker like some hurdy gurdy,Which carries on early and late,Keeps up a..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Grace At Evening

For all the beauties of the day,The innocence of childhood’s play,For health and strength and laughter sweet,Dear Lord, our thanks we now repeat.For..

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Money

HE'D made a fortune out of stocks, he couldn't count his worth;He 'd hoarded up a store of gold, a section of the earth;But still he sighed alone and..

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Things Work Out

Because it rains when we wish it wouldn't,Because men do what they often shouldn't,Because crops fail, and plans go wrong-Some of us grumble all day..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Courage, Courage, Courage!

When the burden grows heavy, and rough is the way,When you falter and slip, and it isn't your day,And your best doesn't measure to what is..

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Improvement

The joy of life is living it, or so it seems to me;In finding shackles on your wrists, then struggling till you're free;In seeing wrongs and righting..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Courage

Courage isn't a brilliant dash,A daring deed in a moment's flash;It isn't an instantaneous thingBorn of despair with a sudden springIt isn't a..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Ideals

Better than land or gold or tradeAre a high ideal and a purpose true;Better than all of the wealth we've madeIs the work for others that now we..

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Peace

A man must earn his hour of peace,Must pay for it with hours of strife and care,Must win by toil the evening's sweet release,The rest that may be..

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Selfishness

Search history, my boy, and seeWhat petty selfishness has done.Find if you can one victoryThat little minds have ever won.There is no record there to..

© Edgar Albert Guest

If You Would Please Me

If you would please me when I've passed awayLet not your grief embitter you. Be brave;Turn with full courage from my mounded graveAnd smile upon the..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Follow A Famous Father

I follow a famous father,His honor is mine to wear;He gave me a name that was free from shame,A name he was proud to bear.He lived in the morning..

© Edgar Albert Guest