Edgar Albert Guest Poems

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471.
The Workman's Dream

To-day it's dirt and dust and steam,
To-morrow it will be the same,
And through it all the soul must dream
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472.
Unchangeable Mother

Mothers never change, I guess,
In their tender thoughtfulness.
Makes no difference that you grow
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473.
The Harder Part

It's mighty hard for Mother—I am busy through the day
And the tasks of every morning keep the gloomy thoughts away,
And I'm not forever meeting with a slipper or a gown
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474.
Mother And The Baby

Mother and the baby! Oh, I know no lovelier pair,
For all the dreams of all the world are hovering 'round them there;
And be the baby in his cot or nestling in her arms,
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475.
A Warm House And A Ruddy Fire

A warm house and a ruddy fire,
To what more can man aspire?
Eyes that shine with love aglow,
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476.
Mothers And Wives

Mothers and wives, 'tis the call to arms
That the bugler yonder prepares to sound;
We stand on the brink of war's alarms
And your men may lie on a blood-stained
ground.
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477.
Reflection

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 ears.
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478.
Compensation

I'd like to think when life is done
That I had filled a needed post.
That here and there I'd paid my fare
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479.
My Part

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 hear no cannons' roar,
I shall never fight a battle higher up than eagles soar,
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480.
Grace At Evening

For all the beauties of the day,
The innocence of childhood's play,
For health and strength and laughter sweet,
Dear Lord, our thanks we now repeat.
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