Edgar Guest
Edgar Guest
Edgar Albert Guestwas a prolific English-born American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century and became known as the People's Poet...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth20 August 1881
CountryUnited States of America
winning men soul
Courage must come from the soul within; the man must furnish the will to win. So figure it out for yourself, my lad. You were born with all that the great have had.
winning goal soul
The things that haven't been done before, Are the tasks worthwhile today; Are you one of the flock that follows, or Are you one that shall lead the way? Are you one of the timid souls that quail At the jeers of a doubting crew, Or dare you, whether you win or fail, Strike out for a goal that's new?
feet trying may
When you're up against a trouble, meet it squarely, face to face. Lift your chin and set your shoulders, plant your feet and take a brace. When it's vain to try to dodge it, do the best that you can do. You may fail, but you may conquer. See it through!
believe thinking fishing
Along a stream that raced and ran Through tangled trees and over stones, That long had heard the pipes o' Pan And shared the joys that nature owns, I met a fellow fisherman, Who greeted me in cheerful tones. . . . . Foes think the bad in him they've guessed And prate about the wrong they scan; Friends that have seen him at his best Believe they know his every plan; I know him better than the rest, I know him as a fisherman.
firsts hats done
Somebody scoffed, Oh, you'll never to that - At least no one ever has done it; But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, And the first thing we knew, he'd begun it.
friendship simple needs
Be a friend. You don't need glory. Friendship is a simple story.
determination swings ends
Determination is the thing on which you can depend. It plods along without a swing, but gets there in the end.
done faces would-be
Somebody said that it couldn't be done But he with a chuckle replied That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it.
funny-life ends ifs
You'll be richer in the end than a prince, if you're a friend.
giving-up dont-give-up fighting
Stick to the fight whenyoure hardest hit
home december tact
Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact.
simple everyday-things people
I take simple everyday things that happen to me and I figure it happens to a lot of other people and I make simple rhymes out of them.
pie lists dessert
There's no diet list I'll follow that would rule out cherry pie.
adversity clothes storm
You when the storm is raging - how do you face despair? It is you that the world discovers, whatever the clothes you wear.