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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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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
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Pelf
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Buff
Like
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Empty
Struggle
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Love has the patience to endure the fault it sees but cannot cure.
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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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There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, there are thousands to prophesy failure. There are thousands to point out to you, one by one, the dangers that await to assail you. But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, just take off your coat and go to it just start to sing as you tackle the thing that cannot be done, and you'll do it.
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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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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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I have to live with myself and so, I want to be fit for myself to know.
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I take the family shopping round. The markets of the world.
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Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact.
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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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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?
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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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For to see good put in action is what everybody needs.
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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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