English Poetry. Edgar Albert Guest. Songs of Rejoicing. Эдгар Альберт Гест.

Edgar Albert Guest (Эдгар Альберт Гест)

Songs of Rejoicing

Songs of rejoicin',
Of love and of cheer,
Are the songs that I'm yearnin' for
Year after year.
The songs about children
Who laugh in their glee
Are the songs worth the singin',
The bright songs for me.
Songs of rejoicin',
Of kisses and love,
Of faith in the Father,
Who sends from above
The sunbeams to scatter
The gloom and the fear;
These songs worth the singin',
The songs of good cheer.
Songs of rejoicin',
Oh, sing them again,
The brave songs of courage
Appealing to men.
Of hope in the future
Of heaven the goal;
The songs of rejoicin'
That strengthen the soul.

Edgar Albert Guest’s other poems:

1. The Truth about Envy
2. The Handy Man
3. To the Humble
4. When Nellies’ on the Job
5. When Mother Cooked with Wood

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