LORD, LET ME LIVE like a Regular Man, With Regular friends and true; Let me play the game on a Regular plan And play it that way all through; Let me win or lose with a Regular smile And never be known to whine, For that is a Regular Fellow's style And I want to make it mine! Oh, give me a Regular chance in life, The same as the rest, I pray, And give me a Regular girl for wife To help me along the way; Let us know the lot of humanity, Its regular woes and joys, And raise a Regular family Of Regular girls and boys! Let me live to a Regular good old age, With Regular snow-white hair, Having done my labor and earned my wage And played my game for fair; And so at last when the people scan My face on its peaceful bier, They'll say, "Well, he was a Regular Man!" And drop a Regular tear! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CAMBODIAN BOX by KAREN SWENSON SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 26 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING KEATS; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW MEMORIAL TO D.C.: 2. PRAYER TO PERSEPHONE by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY IDYLLS OF THE KING: MERLIN AND VIVIEN by ALFRED TENNYSON TWELVE SONNETS: 6 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |