A Heap o' Livin'

by Edgar A. Guest

He little knew the sorrow that was in his
vacant chair………………………….. 24
He spent what he made, or he gave it away….. 124
He was going to be all that a mortal should… 120
He wiped his shoes before his door………… 132
How do you tackle your work each day………. 62
How fine it is at night to say……………. 164
"How much do babies cost?" said he………… 18

I am selfish in my wishin' every sort o' joy.. 20
I believe in the world…………………… 168
I'd like to be a boy again……………….. 16
I'd like to be the sort of friend…………. 32
I'd like to be the sort of man……………. 112
I'd like to leave but daffodills………….. 75
I do not say new friends are not considerate.. 34
I do not think all failure's undeserved……. 77
If I had hatred in my heart………………. 173
If never a sorrow came to us……………… 85
I might not ever scale the mountain heights… 143
I'm not the man to say that failure's sweet… 43
I'm the bumps and bruises doctor………….. 107
I'm up against it day by day……………… 166
I never knew, until they went…………….. 49
It's an easy world to live in if you choose… 158
It's coming time for planting…………….. 44
It's guessing time at our house…………… 148
It's September, and the orchards are afire…. 60
It's the dull road that leads to the gay road. 67
It's tough when you are homesick………….. 117
It takes a heap o' livin' in a house to make
it home………………………………. 28
I've sipped a rich man's sparkling wine……. 74
I've told about the times that Ma can't find
her pocketbook………………………… 94

Lady in the show case carriage……………. 122
Less hate and greed……………………… 58
Let others sing their songs of war………… 82
Life is a challenge to the bold…………… 145
Life is a gift to be used every day……….. 63
Little Master Mischievous, that's the name…. 38

Ma has a dandy little book……………….. 100
Ma says no, it's too much care……………. 116
Men are of two kind, and he………………. 180
Most every night when they're in bed………. 64
Most folks, as I've noticed, in pleasure an'
strife……………………………….. 176
My father often used to say………………. 185
My Pa he eats his breakfast………………. 50

Never a sigh for the cares that she bore…… 19
Nobody hates me more than I………………. 170
None knows the day that friends must part….. 33
No one is beat till he quits……………… 111
Not for the sake of the gold……………… 93

One day, in ages dim and dark…………….. 177
Only a dad with a tired face……………… 42

Pa's not so very big or brave…………….. 108
People liked him, not because…………….. 152
Promotion comes to him who sticks…………. 174

Right must not live in idleness…………… 85

She is fair to see and sweet……………… 130
So long as men shall be on earth………….. 39
Some are eager to be famous………………. 182
Some folks leave home for money…………… 70
Some folks I know, when friends drop in……. 144

Take home a smile; forget the petty cares….. 71
Thankful for the glory of the old Red, White
and Blue……………………………… 98
The happiest nights……………………… 110
The green is in the meadow……………….. 86
The kids are out-of-doors once more……….. 104
The little path that leads to home………… 30
The man who wants a garden fair…………… 56
There is no star within the flag………….. 160
There must be great rejoicin' on the Golden
Shore to-day………………………….. 54
There's a heap of pent-up goodness………… 84
There's a lot of joy in the smiling world….. 40
There's a wondrous smell of spices………… 66
There's nothing that builds up a toil-weary
soul…………………………………. 102
There was a bear—his name was Jim………. 134
The skies are blue and the sun is out……… 78
The sumac's flaming scarlet………………. 136
The things that haven't been done before…… 172
The things that make a soldier great………. 114
The world's too busy now to pause…………. 92
'Tis better to have tried in vain…………. 83
To do your little bit of toil…………….. 133
To gentle ways I am inclined……………… 90
To happiness I raise my glass…………….. 146
To live as gently as I can……………….. 15
Time was when spring returned we went……… 156
'Twas not so many years ago………………. 154