All That Matters

by Edgar A. Guest

53 chapters1h 48mEnglish1922

About this book

A collection of poems about life. Written in an easy and interesting style this book includes poems about many parts of family life, motherhood, babies, dads, and youth. None of them long, they focus the listener on the blessings of life. - Summary by Trotsa

Chapters (53)

1All That Matters

2Until She Died

3The Call

121

4Mother and the Baby

132

5Old-Fashioned Letters

146

6God Made This Day for Me

136

7Forgetful Pa

128

8Motherhood

147

9Playing For Keeps

147

10The Frosting Dish

104

11Play the Game

131

12When the Young are Grown

116

13The Boy's Ideal

133

14Just Half of That, Please

15The Common Touch

16Marjorie

127

17The Newspaper Man

162

18A Boy and His Dad

128

19Bread and Gravy

135

20The Grate Fire

158

21The Kindly Neighbor

22The Tears Expressive

130

23The Joys We Miss

157

24Little Feet

109

25Just Like a Man

141

26Clinching the Bolt

112

27His Pa

103

28Example

29Winding the Clock

113

30The Need

161

31Ten-Fingered Mice

32The Things They Mustn't Touch

143

33The Harder Part

130

34Youth

119

35Accomplished Care

102

36Bulb Planting Time

37His Other Chance

164

38The Family Doctor

153

39Denial

139

40The Workman's Dream

123

41The Homely Man

137

42Unchangeable Mother

43Life

44Success

45The Lonely Old Fellow

131

46Somebody Else

146

47Effort

123

48Living

124

49A Warm House and a Ruddy Fire

50The One in Ten

108

51To A Young Man

149

52Afraid of His Dad

160

53Service

All That Matters

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Chapters (53)

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