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  • When Father Shook The Stove
    'Twas not so many years ago,
    Say, twenty-two or three,
    52 lines, 1 comment
  • See It Through
    When you're up against a trouble,
          Meet it squarely, face to face;
    25 lines, 1 comment
  • Hard Luck
    Ain't no use as I can see
    In sittin' underneath a tre
    36 lines
  • On Quitting
    How much grit do you think you've got?
    Can you quit a
    30 lines
  • Father
    My father knows the proper way
    The nation should be run;
    40 lines, 4 comments
  • The Little Orphan
    The crowded street his playground is, a patch of blue his sky;
    A puddle in a vacant lot his sea where ships pass by:
    25 lines, 1 comment
  • About Boys
    Show me the boy who never threw
        A stone at someone's cat;
    15 lines, 3 comments
  • Things Work Out
    Because it rains when we wish it wouldn't,
    Because men do what they often shouldn't,
    26 lines
  • The Kick Under The Table
    After a man has been married awhile,
    And his wife has grown used to his manner
    35 lines, 1 comment
  • It Couldn’t Be Done
    Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
        But, he with a chuckle replied
    25 lines, 6 comments
  • The Bachelor's Soliloquy
    To wed, or not to wed; that is the question;
    Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
    34 lines
  • Peace
    A man must earn his hour of peace,
      Must pay for it with hours of strife and care,
    13 lines
  • Compensation
    I'd like to think when life is done
        That I had filled a needed post.
    25 lines
  • Grace At Evening
    For all the beauties of the day,
    The innocence of childhood’s play,
    18 lines
  • He Who Serves
    He has not served who gathers gold,
    Nor has he served, whose life is told
    26 lines
  • I See You've Travelled Some
    Wherever you may chance to be — wherever you may roam,
    Far away in foreign lands; or just at home sweet home;
    26 lines
  • I'd Rather See A Sermon
    I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day;
    I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.
    26 lines
  • If You Would Please Me
    If you would please me when I've passed away
        Let not your grief embitter you. Be brave;
    13 lines
  • Move We Adjourn
    When I'm weary of argument wordy
    And tired of continuous debate,
    25 lines
  • The Wrist Watch Man
    He is marching dusty highways and he's riding bitter trails,
    His eyes are clear and shining and his muscles hard as nails.
    23 lines
  • Show Me!
    I would rather see a Mason, than hear one any day,
    I would rather one would walk with me than merely show the way.
    12 lines
  • The Lamb Skin
    It is not ornamental, the cost is not great,
    There are other things far more useful, yet truly I state,
    38 lines
  • The Temple - What Makes It Of Worth
    You may delve down to rock for your foundation piers,
    You may go with your steel to the sky
    30 lines
  • The Alarm
    Get off your downy cots of ease,
    There's work that must be done.
    25 lines
  • Selfishness
    Search history, my boy, and see
    What petty selfishness has done.
    34 lines
  • Follow a Famous Father
    I follow a famous father,
    His honor is mine to wear;
    34 lines
  • The Proof of Worth
    Though victory's proof of the skill you possess,
    Defeat is the proof of your grit;
    34 lines
  • Life's Slacker
    The saddest sort of death to die
    Would be to quit the game called life
    34 lines
  • Reflection
    You have given me riches and ease,
    You have given me joys through the years,
    34 lines
  • Drafted
    The biggest moment in our lives was that when first he cried,
    From that day unto this, for him, we've struggled side by side.
    18 lines
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