Edgar Albert Guest's Poetry, by popularity

• The Call to Service

  These are the days when little thoughts
  Must cease men's minds to occupy;

  12 lines
• Marjorie

  The house is as it was when she was here;
  There's nothing changed at all about the place;

  23 lines
• The Things That Make a Soldier Great

  The things that make a soldier great and send him out to die,
  To face the flaming cannon's mouth, nor ever question why,

  26 lines
• The Flag

  We never knew how much the Flag
  Could mean, until he went away,

  25 lines
• Mothers and Wives

  Mothers and wives, 'tis the call to arms
  That the bugler yonder prepares to sound;

  35 lines
• The Joy to Be

  Oh, mother, be you brave of heart and keep
  your bright eyes shining;

  25 lines
• The Time for Deeds

  We have boasted our courage in moments of ease,
  Our star-spangled banner we've flung on the breeze;

  26 lines
• Good Luck

  Good luck! That's all I'm saying, as you sail across the sea;
  The best o' luck, in the parting, is the prayer you get from me.

  19 lines
• His Other Chance

  He was down and out, and his pluck was gone,
  And he said to me in a gloomy way:

  31 lines
• The Change

  'Twas hard to think that he must go,
  We knew that we should miss him so,

  37 lines
• Bulb Planting Time

  Last night he said the dead were dead
  And scoffed my faith to scorn;

  23 lines
• Everywhere in America

  Not somewhere in America, but everywhere to-day,
  Where snow-crowned mountains hold their heads,

  41 lines
• 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
• Forgetful Pa

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

  37 lines
• His Pa

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

  23 lines
• 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,

  17 lines
• Youth

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

  31 lines
• Over Here

  Pledged to the bravest and the best,
  We stand, who cannot share the fray,

  33 lines
• America

  God has been good to men. He gave
  His Only Son their souls to save,

  53 lines
• Kelly Ingram

  His name was Kelly Ingram; he was Alabama's son,
  And he whistled "Yankee Doodle," as he stood beside his gun;

  26 lines
• 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";

  23 lines
• The Workman's Dream

  To-day it's dirt and dust and steam,
  To-morrow it will be the same,

  31 lines
• Playing the Game

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

  47 lines
• Just half of that, please.

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

  23 lines
• Winding The Clock

  When I was but a little lad, my old Grandfather said
  That none should wind the clock but he, and so, at time for bed,

  15 lines
• 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,

  15 lines
• The Things They Musn't Touch

  Been down to the art museum an' looked at a thousand things,
  The bodies of ancient mummies an' the treasures of ancient kings,

  19 lines
• Accomplished Care

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

  15 lines
• 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

  15 lines
• Success

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

  13 lines

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