Poetry of Edgar A. GuestColllection compiled by Catherine Pulsifer |
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Poet: Edgar Guest Failure is ceasing to try! "Tis accepting defeat And to all you may meet Giving voice to a sigh; "Tis in thinking it vain To attempt furthermore And in bowing to pain When the muscles grow sore. Failure is stepping aside From the burnt of the fray In a weak-hearted way, Being content to abide In the shadows that fall, And in being afraid Out of life, after all, Nothing's left to be made . Failure is thinking despair, The forsaking of hope, And refusal to cope With the day's round of care, It's in heeding the cry, "All is lost!" and to stay With defeat and not try For the happier day. |
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Poet: Edgar A Guest It isn't the money you're making, it isn't the clothes you wear, And it isn't the skill of your good right hand which makes folks really care. It's the smile on your face and the light of your eye and the burdens that you bear.
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It Isn't Costly Poet: Edgar Guest Does the grouch get richer quicker than the friendly sort of man? Can the grumbler labor better than the cheerful fellow can? Is the mean and churlish neighbor any cleverer than the one Who shouts a glad "good morning," and then smiling passes on? Just stop and think about it. Have you ever known or seen A mean man who succeeded, just because he was so mean? When you find a grouch with honors and with money in his pouch, You can bet he didn't win them just because he was a grouch. Oh, you'll not be any poorer if you smile along your way, And your lot will not be harder for the kindly things you say. Don't imagine you are wasting time for others that you spend: You can rise to wealth and glory and still pause to be a friend. |
Myself Poet: Edgar A. Guest
I have to live with myself and so |
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