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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.

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Edgar Guest
Age: 77 †
Born: 1881
Born: August 20
Died: 1959
Died: August 5
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Birmingham
West Midlands
Eddie Guest
Edgar A. Guest
Edgar Albert Guest
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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.
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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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Fine counsel is confusing, but example is always clear
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He started to sing as he tackled the thing. That couldn't be done, and he did it.
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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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Away from the tumult of motor and mill I want to be care-free I want to be still! I'm weary of doing things weary of words I want to be one with the blossoms and birds.
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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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Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore at the rim of a far flung sky.
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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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A happy New Year! Grant that I May bring no tear to any eye When this New Year in time shall end Let it be said I've played the friend, Have lived and loved and labored here, And made of it a happy year.
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You ought to be true for the sake of the folks who think you are true. You never should stoop to a deed that your folks think you would not do. If you are false to yourself, be the blemish but small, you have injured your folks you have been false to them all.
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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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For to see good put in action is what everybody needs.
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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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Be a friend. You don't need glory. Friendship is a simple story.
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The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.
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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 are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside.
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The world is no longer closed to us in the way it was in the past - present generations have unparalleled access to pretty much all corners of the globe.
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Stick to the fight whenyoure hardest hit
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