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They lived together thirty years,I Through storm and sunshine, weal and woe;They shared each other's hopes and fears —She still his sweetheart, he..

We're hiking along at a two-forty paceWe 're making life seem like a man-killing race,With our nerves all on edge and our jaws firmly setWe go..

When my hair is thin and silvered, an' my time of toil is through,When I've many years behind me, an' ahead of me a few,I shall want to sit, I..

WHOM is your boy going to for advice?Tough Johnny Jones at the end of the street,Rough Billy Green or untaught Jimmy Price?Who is now guiding his..

When The Minister CallsMy Paw says that it used to be,Whenever the minister came for tea,'At they sat up straight in their chairs at nightAn' put all..

I'SPOSE the big head bendin' over my cribIs my Pa.I 'spose that wiseacre whose talk is so glibIs my Pa.I've not been here long—my days are but..

Luck had a favor to bestowAnd wondered where to let it go.'No lazy man on earth,' said she,'Shall get this happy gift from me.'I will not pass it to..

If you can smooth his path a bit,Bring laughter to his worried face,Restore today his stock of gritAnd help him all his troubles chase.If you can..

The choir we had in Pixley wasn't much for looks an' styles,But today if I could hear it I would walk a hundred miles;There warn't a singer in it..

O, SAD and solemn holy day,O, bitterest of bitter hours!Behold He staggers on His wayBeneath the cross that saps His powers.O, see, they goad Him..

If I had youth I'd bid the world to try me;I'd answer every challenge to my will.And though the silent mountains should defy me,I'd try to make them..

When he has suffered honest woe,I do not mind the man who grieves,But I hate him who stubs his toeAnd straightway gets a case of ' peeves.'

BLUE skies mighty temptin', an' the sunbeams coaxin', too,An' my wo'k is gettin' harder ebery day;Ain't a-takin' any int'rest in de things I has t'..

JUST now I thinkI 'd like to beAt the river's brinkBeneath a tree,And stretched out flatOn the cooling grass, Just gazing atThe clouds that passLike..

I'm sorry for a feller if he hasn't any aunt,To let him eat and do the things his mother says he can't.An aunt to come a visitin' or one to go and..

I ALWAYS think of mother, whenThe lilac tree's in bloom,It seems her soul comes back againUpon its sweet perfume.And every opal spire that swaysOut..

Queerest little chap he is,Always saying: 'Aw Gee Whiz!'Needing something from the storeThat you've got to send him forAnd you call him from his..

To us the Flag has little meant.Each glorious stripe of redWas woven there to representThe blood of heroes dead.On some dim, distant battle lineBy..

MEBBE I shall weep tomorrow,Mebbe I shall lose my job,Mebbe bowed in grief and sorrowI shall sit alone and sob.Mebbe trouble grim is comin',Mebbe..

I NEVER pondered much on war,Except to think it was inspiringTo have a cause to battle for,To hear the guns and cannons firing;To see brave men rush..

Why not think a decent thought,Now and then?Why not ponder, as you ought,Now and then?Get your mind out of the mire,To the higher things aspire,Claim..

I can't help thinkin' o' the lad!Here's summer bringin' trees to fruit,An' every bush with roses clad,An' nature in her finest suit,An' all things as..

With time our notions allus change,An' years make old idees seem strange-Take Mary there- time was when sheThought one child made a family,An' when..

These are the peaks of valor; keeping clean your father's name,Too brave for petty profit to risk the brand of shame,Adventuring for the future, yet..

As fall the leaves, so drop the daysIn silence from the tree of life;Born for a little while to blazeIn action in the heat of strife,And then to..