Book: All That Matters

"All That Matters"
Is Dedicated
To My Wife
Who Is
All To Me

E. A. G.

• A Boy And His Dad

  A boy and his dad on a fishing trip-
    There is a glorious fellowship!

  34 lines, 3 comments
• Afraid Of His Dad

  Bill Jones, who goes to school with me,
  Is the saddest boy I ever see.

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• God Made This Day For Me

  Jes' the sort o' weather and jes' the sort of sky
  Which seem to suit my fancy, with the white clouds driftin' by

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• The Homely Man

  Looks as though a cyclone hit him—
  Can't buy clothes that seem to fit him;

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• The Joys We Miss

  There never comes a lonely day but that we miss the laughing ways
  Of those who used to walk with us through all our happy yesterdays

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• All That Matters

  When all that matters shall be written down
  And the long record of our years is told,

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• 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;

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• Old-Fashioned Letters

  Old-fashioned letters! How good they were!
  And nobody writes them now;

  35 lines, 1 comment
• Forgetful Pa

  My Pa says that he used to be
  A bright boy in geography;

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• Motherhood

  I wonder if he'll stop to think,
  When the long years have traveled by,

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• Playing for Keeps

  I've watched him change from his bibs and things, from bonnets known as "cute,"
  To little frocks, and later on I saw him don a suit;

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• The Frosting Dish

  When I was just a little tad
  Not more than eight or nine,

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• Playing the Game

  When the umpire calls you out,
  It's no use to stamp and shout,

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• When the Young are Grown

  Once the house was lovely, but it's lonely here to-day,
  For time has come an' stained its walls an' called the young away;

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• The Boy's Ideal

  I must be fit for a child to play with,
  Fit for a youngster to walk away with;

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• Just half of that, please.

  Grandmother says when I pass her the cake:
  "Just half of that, please."

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• The Newspaper Man

  Bit of a priest and a bit of sailor,
  Bit of a doctor and bit of a tailor,

  31 lines
• Bread and Gravy

  There's a heap o' satisfaction in a chunk o' pumpkin pie,
  An' I'm always glad I'm livin' when the cake is passin' by;

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• The Grate Fire

  I'm sorry for a fellow if he cannot look and see
  In a grate fire's friendly flaming all the joys which used to be.

  23 lines
• The Tears Expressive

  Death crossed his threshold yesterday
  And left the glad voice of his loved one dumb.

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• Just Like a Man

  This is the phrase they love to say:
  "Just like a man!"

  31 lines
• Clinching The Bolt

  It needed just an extra turn to make the bolt secure,
  A few more minutes on the job and then the work was sure;

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• His Pa

  Some fellers' pas seem awful old,
  An' talk like they was going to scold,

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• Ten Fingered Mice

  When a cake is nicely frosted and it's put away for tea,
  And it looks as trim and proper as a chocolate cake should be,

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• 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,

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• Youth

  If I had youth I'd bid the world to try me;
  I'd answer every challenge to my will.

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• Accomplished Care

  All things grow lovely in a little while,
  The brush of memory paints a canvas fair;

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• The Family Doctor

  I've tried the high-toned specialists, who doctor folks to-day;
  I've heard the throat man whisper low "Come on now let us spray";

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• Denial

  I'd like to give 'em all they ask—it hurts to have to answer, "No,"
  And say they cannot have the things they tell me they are wantin

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• Life!

  Life is a jest;
  Take the delight of it.

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• Success

  This I would claim for my success—not fame nor gold,
  Nor the throng's changing cheers from day to day,

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• The Lonely Old Fellow

  The roses are bedded for winter, the tulips are planted for spring;
  The robins and martins have left us; there are only the sparrows

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• Somebody Else

  Somebody wants a new bonnet to wear;
  Somebody wants a new dress;

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• Living

  The miser thinks he's living when he's hoarding up his gold;
  The soldier calls it living when he's doing something bold;

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• A Warm Hosue and a Ruddy Fire

  A warm house and a ruddy fire,
  To what more can man aspire?

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• To A Young Man

  The great were once as you.
  They whom men magnify to-day

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• Service

  I have no wealth of gold to give away,
  But I can pledge to worthy causes these:

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• By me, right now

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