Tag Archive for: if
If
Holidays and CelebrationsIF
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If c-a-t spelt dog and cow
And horse and mouse and heaven,
If two plus two made six and nine
And twelve and eighty-seven,
If "see the man" was all there was
To learn Inside my reader,
No boy would be as bright as I,
In school…
Bluffing
Courage and PerseveranceBLUFFING
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If mebbe in yer system there's a little sportin' streak
You'll understand the joy of which I'm tryin' fur to spenk:
When your kind of losing courage an' yer luck is runnin' hard,
An' ye hold a bob-tail flush an' raise and draw…
Dreams
DreamsDreams
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If the iceman should come to me some day,
While weighing out a plece at my back door,
And, dropping it upon the porch, should say:
"It was so cold last year and year before,
The crop is long and we have cut the price"-
If he…
If Knocking Paid
ReflectionsIf Knocking Paid
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- If knocking paid, how easily
We might win freedom from our earest
The problems that are hard for me
Would soon be trivial affairs;
I'd live in luxury and own
An auto of the highest grade;
With all my troubles overthrown,…
Now
Love and RomanceNow
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If you have hard work to do
Do it now
Today the skies are cleary and blue,
Tomorrow clouds may come in view,
Yesterday is not for you;
Do it how
If you have a song to sing,
Sing it now
Let…
If We Knew
Grief and MourningIF WE KNEW
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If we knew the cares and crosses
Crowding round our neighbor's way;
If we knew the little losses,
Sorely grievous, day by day;
Would we then so often chide him
For his lack of thrift and gain,
Leaving on his hearth a…