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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..

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..

I may never be a hero, I am past the limit now,There are pencil marks of silver Time has left upon my brow;I shall win no service medals, I shall..

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..

I would rather see a Mason, than hear one any day,I would rather one would walk with me than merely show the way.The eye's a better pupil and more..

God has been good to men. He gaveHis Only Son their souls to save,And then he made a second gift,Which from their dreary lives should liftThe..

If I were running a factoryI'd stick up a sign for all to see,I'd print it large and I'd nail it highOn every wall that the men walked by,And I'd..

There are times a woman's loveFer a man stands out, I guess,More ‘n usual, like as whenSickness comes or else distress;But I reckon that it..

The crowded street his playground is, a patch of blue his sky;A puddle in a vacant lot his sea where ships pass by:Poor little orphan boy of five..

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..

A touch of the plain and the prairie,A bit of the Motherland, too;A strain of the fur-trapper wary,A blend of the old and the new;A bit of the..

My grandpa is the finest manExcep' my pa. My grandpa canMake kites an' carts an' lots of thingsYou pull along the ground with strings,And he knows..

Time was when spring returned we wentTo find another home to rent;We wanted fresher, cleaner walls,And bigger rooms and wider halls,And open plumbing..

It's tough when you are homesick in a strangeand distant place;It's anguish when you're hungry for anold-familiar face.And yearning for the good..

The kids are out-of-doors once more;The heavy leggins that they wore,The winter caps that covered earsAre put away, and no more tearsAre shed because..

Full many a time a thought has comeThat had a bitter meaning in it.And in the conversation's humI lost it ere I could begin it.I've had it on my..

To do your little bit of toil,To play life's game with head erect;To stoop to nothing that would soilYour honor or your self-respect;To win what gold..

Ain't it fine when things are goingTopsy-turvy and askewTo discover someone showingGood old-fashioned faith in you?Ain't it good when life seems..

He was playing in the garden when we called him in for tea,But he didn't seem to hear us, so I went out there to seeWhat the little rogue was up to..

I would rather be the daddyOf a romping, roguish crew,Of a bright-eyed chubby laddieAnd a little girl or two,Than the monarch of a nationIn his high..

If all the flowers were roses,If never daisies grew,If no old-fashioned posiesDrank in the morning dew,Then man might have some reasonTo whimper and..

Curly locks, what do you know of the world,And what do your brown eyes see?Has your baby mind been able to findOne thread of the mystery?Do you know..

Don't want medals on my breast,Don't want all the glory,I'm not worrying greatly lestThe world won't hear my story.A chance to dream beside a..

The easy roads are crowdedAnd the level roads are jammed;The pleasant little riversWith the drifting folks are crammed.But off yonder where it's..

'Men will grow weary,' said the Lord,'Of working for their bed and board.They'll weary of the money chaseAnd want to find a resting placeWhere hum of..