Edgar Albert Guest Poems

Why not think a decent thought,
Now and then?
Why not ponder, as you ought,
Now and then?
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I NEVER pondered much on war,
Except to think it was inspiring
To have a cause to battle for,
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To us the Flag has little meant.
Each glorious stripe of red
Was woven there to represent
The blood of heroes dead.
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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 see
Is just about the finest kind of lady there could be.
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Queerest little chap he is,
Always saying: 'Aw Gee Whiz!'
Needing something from the store
That you've got to send him for
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MEBBE I shall weep tomorrow,
Mebbe I shall lose my job,
Mebbe bowed in grief and sorrow
I shall sit alone and sob.
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JUST now I think
I 'd like to be
At the river's brink
Beneath a tree,
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WINDS of the morning, whisper low,
Lingered you in the valley where
Sleeps my love of the Long Ago,
Under the pale green grasses there?
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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 her beau;
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THIS morning came a man to me, his smile was wonderful to see,
He shook my hand and doffed his hat then promptly took a chair;
Said he, ' I read your stuff each day, and I have just dropped in to say
You have a line of humor that delightful is and rare.
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