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A Day Of Sunshine. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Second)
O gift of God! O perfect day:Whereon shall no man work, but play;Whereon it is enough for me,Not to be doing, but to be!Through every fibre of my..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A Ballad Of The French Fleet. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)
A fleet with flags arrayedSailed from the port of Brest,And the Admiral's ship displayedThe signal: 'Steer southwest.'For this Admiral D'AnvilleHad..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Riddle: What is the noblest musical instrument?Answer: An upright piano.
Riddle: Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. And whoever knows it wants it not. What is it?Answer: Counterfeit money.
Riddle: You are given a set of scales and 12 marbles. The scales are of the old balance variety. That is, a small dish hangs from each end of a rod..
Riddle: Iron roof and glass walls, burns and burns but never falls. What is it?Answer: A lantern.
Riddle: It can't be seen, can't be felt, can't be heard, and can't be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes..
Riddle: What kind of money do vampires use?Answer: Blood money!
Riddle: A man was born in 1955, how is it today is his 18th birthday?Answer: He was born in room 1955 of the hospital.
Riddle: The word FACETIOUSLY contains the six vowels, A-E-I-O-U and Y, in their alphabetical order. Can you find another English word that does the..
Riddle: An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them..
Boy O' Mine
'Boy o' mine, boy o' mine, this is my prayer for you,This is my dream and my thought and my care for you:Strong be the spirit which dwells in the..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Lines For A Flag Raising Ceremony
FULL many a flag the breeze has kissed;Through ages long the morning sunHas risen over the early mistThe flags of men to look upon.And some were red..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Picture Books
I HOLD the finest picture-booksAre woods an' fields an' runnin' brooks;An' when the month o' May has doneHer paintin', an' the mornin' sunIs lightin'..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Cheat
I cheated a good friend yesterday,Kept what was his, and went my way,Wronged him by silence-for in hasteI let a glad thought go to waste.I had a word..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Best Land
If I knew a better land on this glorious world of ours,Where a man gets bigger money and is working shorter hours;If the Briton or the Frenchman had..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Fifty-Per-Cent Man
He limped into the place one day, a leg and arm were gone,'Just half a man,' he told the boss, 'right now you look upon.An accident did this to me..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Homely Man
Looks as though a cyclone hit him—Can't buy clothes that seem to fit him;An' his cheeks are rough like leather,Made for standin' any weather.Outwards..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Brethren
The world is needing you and me,In places where we ought to be;Somewhere today it's needing youTo stand for what you know is true.And needing me..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Need
We were sittin' there,and smokin' of our pipes, discussin' thingsLike taxes, votes for wimmin,an' the totterin' thrones of kings,When he ups an'..
© Edgar Albert Guest
He Who Serves
He has not served who gathers gold,Nor has he served, whose life is toldIn selfish battles he has won,Or deeds of skill that he has done;But he has..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Wrist Watch Man
He is marching dusty highways and he's riding bitter trails,His eyes are clear and shining and his muscles hard as nails.He is wearing Yankee khaki..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Girl He Left Behind
The Girl He Left BehindWe used to think her frivolous—you know howparents are,A little quick to see the faults and petty flawsthat marThe girl their..
© Edgar Albert Guest
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
Easy Service
When an empty sleeve or a sightless eyeOr a legless form I see,I breathe my thanks to my God on HighFor His watchful care o'er me.And I say to..
© Edgar Albert Guest