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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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Bedtime

... How sweet the calm that settles down ...

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When The Drums Shall Cease To Beat

... And the joys of home that we treasure so are the joys that their lives defend, ...

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The Few

...   With the drifting folks are crammed ...

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His First Long Trousers

... And your blouses and your stockings, ...

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A Plea

... God grant me faith to stand on guard, ...

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Living Flowers

... An' there's never a bush or a plant or a tree, but ...

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Literary Mother

... Poor kids, you've no mother tonight to undress you, ...

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Real Singing

... There's a sweetness most appealing in the trilling of their notes: ...

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Today

...   Next week, next year, I may not live to see ...

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Your Country Needs You

... You can be patient, brave and strong, ...

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When We're All Alike

...   And walked with men whose hands were white, ...

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Results And Roses

... The things are mighty few on earth ...

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The Brave Men

... When plans that they build go wrong, ...

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The Fight With Self

... Oh, the fight for wealth and the fight for fame, ...

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The Tramp

...   Through the filth that all could see, ...