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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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A Battle Prayer

... Grant that they and their cause shall live ...

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Be A Friend

... You'll have friends instead of neighbors ...

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Not Crossing Bridges

... But before I start to wailin' ...

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A Suggestion

... And your cussing, they're still sticking, ...

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The Little Army

... Eyes are bright and cheeks are red ...

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The Home-town

... Though strangers scoff and flout it ...

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Lullaby

... Oh, the night is rich with moonlight and the sea is calm with peace, ...

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Gratitude

... Be grateful for the morning dew, the grass beneath your feet, ...

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Dreaming

... On the cooling grass, Just gazing at ...

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God Made This Day For Me

... An' the woods chock full o' singin' till you'd think birds never had ...

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Down The Lanes Of August

... Everything is beauty crowned by skies of clearest blue, ...

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The Monument Of Kindness

... No more than gold and lands that once were ours, ...

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Mother's Day

... Though skies were gray or skies were blue ...

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Good Friday

... O, see, they goad Him with their thongs, ...

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A Christmas Carol

... May Bethlehem's star still light thy way ...