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We never knew how much the FlagCould mean, until he went away,We used to boast of it and brag,As something of a by-gone day;But now the Flag can..

I care not who the man may be,Nor how his tasks may fret him,Nor where he fares, nor how his caresAnd troubles may beset him,If books have won the..

His name was Kelly Ingram; he was Alabama's son,And he whistled 'Yankee Doodle,' as he stood beside his gun;There was laughter in his make-up, there..

These are the days when little thoughtsMust cease men's minds to occupy;The nation needs men's larger creeds,Big men must answer to her cry;No longer..

Oh, mother, be you brave of heart and keepyour bright eyes shining;Some day the smiles of joy shall start and youshall cease repining.Beyond the dim..

Good luck! That's all I'm saying, as you sail across the sea;The best o' luck, in the parting, is the prayer you get from me.May you never meet a..

'Twas hard to think that he must go,We knew that we should miss him so,We thought that he must always stayBeside us, laughing, day by day;That he..

Pledged to the bravest and the best,We stand, who cannot share the fray,Staunch for the danger and the test.For them at night we kneel and pray.Be..

Not somewhere in America, but everywhere to-day,Where snow-crowned mountains hold their heads,the vales where children play,Beside the bench and..

So easy to say what another should do,So easy to settle his cares,So easy to tell him what roads to pursue,And dispose of the burdens he bears.It is..

You'll learn when you're older, that chip on your shoulderWhich you dare other boys to upsetAnd stand up and fight for, and struggle and smite..

We have boasted our courage in moments of ease,Our star-spangled banner we've flung on the breeze;We have taught men to cheer for its beauty and..

Each evening on my lap there climbsA little boy of three,And with his dimpled, chubby fistsHe pounds me shamefully.He gives my beard a vicious tug,He..

Little women, little men,Childhood never comes again.Live it gaily while you may;Give your baby souls to play;March to sound of stick and pan,In your..

Last night I got to thinkin' of the pleasant long ago,When I still had on knee breeches, an' I wore a flowing bow,An' my Sunday suit was velvet. Ma..

There never was a family without its homely man,With legs a little longer than the ordinary plan,An' a shock of hair that brush an' comb can't ever..

The little old man with the curve in his backAnd the eyes that are dim and the skin that is slack,So slack that it wrinkles and rolls on his..

My land is where the kind folks are,And where the friends are true,Where comrades brave will travel farSome kindly deed to do.My land is where the..

Here she walked and romped about,And here beneath this apple treeWhere all the grass is trampled outThe swing she loved so used to be.This path is..

Lady in the show case carriage,Do not think that I'm a bear;Not for worlds would I disparageOne so gracious and so fair;Do not think that I am blind..

The sumac's flaming scarlet on the edges o' the lake,An' the pear trees are invitin' everyone t' come an' shake.Now the gorgeous tints of autumn are..

I want my boy to love his home,His Mother, yes, and me:I want him, wheresoe'er he'll roam,With us in thought to be.I want him to love what is..

The pathway of the living is our ever-present care.Let us do our best to smooth it and to make it bright and fair;Let us travel it with kindness..

After a man has been married awhile,And his wife has grown used to his mannerAnd style,When she knows form the twinkle that lightsUp his eyeThe..

We've raised a flagpole on the farmAnd flung Old Glory to the sky,And it's another touch of charmThat seems to cheer the passer-by,But more than..