Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A CHOICE, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST


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First Line: Sure, they get stubborn at times; they worry and
Last Line: "be that way than not."
Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie
Subject(s): Children; Childhood


Sure, they get stubborn at times; they worry and fret us a lot,
But I'd rather be crossed by a glad little boy and
frequently worried than not.
There are hours when they get on my nerves and set my poor
brain all awhirl,
But I'd rather be troubled that way than to be the man who
has no little girl.

There are times they're a nuisance, that's true, with all
of their racket and noise,
But I'd rather my personal pleasures be lost than to give
up my girls and my boys.
Not always they're perfectly good; there are times when
they're wilfully bad,
But I'd rather be worried by youngsters of mine than lonely
and childless and sad.

So I try to be patient and calm whenever they're having their fling;
For the sum of their laughter and love is more than the
worry they bring.
And each night when sweet peace settles down and I see them
asleep in their cot,
I chuckle and say: "They upset me to-day, but I'd rather
be that way than not."





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