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Aye, we will follow the Flag Wherever she goes, Into the tropic sun, Into the northern snows; Go where the guns ring out
I like ‘em, in the winter when the… I like ’em in the spring time when… But when summer suns have tanned '… I somehow think the children make… When they’re brown as little berri…
These are the peaks of valor; keep… Too brave for petty profit to risk… Adventuring for the future, yet mi… For God, for country and for home… These are the peaks of valor: a sp…
Not for the sake of the gold, Not for the sake of the fame, Not for the prize would I hold Any ambition or aim: I would be brave and be true
BEFORE you came, my little lad, I used to think that I was good, Some vicious habits, too, I had, But wouldn’t change them if I cou… I held my head up high and said:
A warm house and a ruddy fire, To what more can man aspire? Eyes that shine with love aglow, Is there more for man to know? Whether home be rich or poor,
He brought me his report card from… He wasn’t very proud of it and sad… He was excellent in reading, but a… And I noticed there were several… But one little bit of credit which…
I’d rather be a failure than the m… I’d rather seek the mountain-top t… Oh, let me hold some lofty dream a… And though I fail I still shall k… The idlers line the ways of life a…
First thing in the morning, last… Get it when I come from school: '… Go upstairs this minute, an’ roll… An’ give your hands a scrubbing an… Now don’t stand there and argue, a…
When Pa came home last night he h… Now Ma,' said he, 'I’ve something… A friend of mine got home today fr… He’s been away a week or two, and… He had a corking string of birds,…
WALL have fights to make with se… And these are the bitterest fights… Worse than the fight for a hoard o… Is the fight to master our vices s… Worse than the fight on the battle…
WISH I was only as bright as my… Wish I could think of the things… His is a wit without any alloy, His are real jokes without venomou… Laugh? When he speaks, from the t…
The world is filled with bustle an… It is filled with restless people… You can read it in their faces; th… When they’ll come to fame and fort… And I think as I behold them, tho…
EVERY gentle breeze that’s blowi… For it penetrates my armor in its… Though I strive each day to shun… For it whispers of enchantments th… Every moment it’s inviting me to g…
If I can leave behind me here and… A friend or two to say when I am… That I had helped to make their p… Had brought them smiles when they… The riches of this world I’ll car…
