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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.

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Edgar Guest
Age: 77 †
Born: 1881
Born: August 20
Died: 1959
Died: August 5
Poet
Birmingham
West Midlands
Eddie Guest
Edgar A. Guest
Edgar Albert Guest
Never
Somebody
Knew
Least
Scoffed
Ever
Coat
Firsts
Coats
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Begun
Done
Hats
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But here in the struggle for fame and pelf I want to be able to like myself. I don't want to look at myself and know That I'm bluster and buff and empty show.
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Don't give up, what've you do eyes front, head high to the finish. See it through!
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Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact.
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Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.
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Now seeds are just dimes to the man in the store And the dimes are the things that he needs, And I've been to buy them in seasons before But have thought of them merely as seeds But it flashed through my mind as I took them this time, You purchased a miracle here for a dime.
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Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore at the rim of a far flung sky.
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I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.
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The things are mighty few on earth that wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth, we've got to work to gain.
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Tomorrow--there's no day so fair, It knows no sorrow A day that banishes despair, Joy rules tomorrow.
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The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.
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I have to live with myself and so, I want to be fit for myself to know.
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Love has the patience to endure the fault it sees but cannot cure.
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I'll obey them in the winter when the doctors say to me I must give up ham and spinach, and obedient I'll be. To relieve my indigestion in December they can try, But there's none of them can stop me when it's time for cherry pie.
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You'll be richer in the end than a prince, if you're a friend.
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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.
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The timid and fearful first failures dismay, but the stout heart stays trying by night and by day. He values his failures as lessons that teach The one way to get to the goal he would reach.
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So long as men shall be on earth, there will be tasks for them to do. Some way for them to show their worth. Each day shall bring its problems new. And men shall dream of mightier deeds than ever have been done before. There always shall be human needs for men to work and struggle for.
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