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Born in August 20, 1881 / Died in August 5, 1959 / United States / English

Poems by Edgar Albert Guest

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My Paw Said So

... You can think what you like, but I stick to it when ...

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The World Is Against Me

... Who'd have thought themselves rich if your fortune they'd known ...

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The Soldier On Crutches

... We must sit with them, talk with them, laugh with them, too, ...

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Somebody Spoke A Cheering Word

... That he climbed the ladder to wealth and fame, ...

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Satisfied With Life

... I have had their caresses through storm and through shine, ...

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The Child World

... The sweet good-nights, the shouts of glee ...

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Practicing Time

... Like "The Fairies' Dance," or "The Mountain Springs," ...

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The Big Deeds

... better days. We must quit our selfish thinking and our narrow views and creeds, ...

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On Station Farewells

... It seems she's tied her heart-strings to the train that's waiting there, ...

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The Old-Time Family

... But with all the care we brought them, and through all the days of stress, ...

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The Test

... And the friends worth-while and true, are the happy smiling few ...

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I'd Rather Be A Failure

... But there is something deep inside which scoffers fail to view-- ...

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Reflection

... From your orchards and fields where it grew, ...

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Men And Dreamers

... Men that's born with love o' conquest, an' there's men that love to dream ...

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The Discovery Of A Soul

...   We should have missed his splendid worth, we should have called him frail ...