INDEX
Reading edition
Poem Page
Accomplished Care 66
Afraid of His Dad 94
All That Matters 9
Boy and His Dad, A 36
Boy's Ideal, The 30
Bread and Gravy 38
Bulb Planting Time 67
Call, The 11
Clinching the Bolt 50
Common Touch, The 32
Denial 72
Effort 86
Example 53
Family Doctor, The 70
Forgetful Pa 18
Frosting Dish, The 24
God Made This Day For Me 16
Grate Fire, The 40
Harder Part, The 62
His Other Chance 68
His Pa 52
Homely Man, The 76
Joys We Miss, The 44
Just Half of That, Please 31
Just Like a Man 48
Kindly Neighbor, The 42
Life 80
Little Feet 46
Living 88
Lonely Old Fellow, The 82
Marjorie 33
Mother and the Baby 12
Motherhood 20
Need, The 56
Newspaper Man, The 34
Old-Fashioned Letters 14
One In Ten, The 91
Play the Game 26
Playing For Keeps 22
Service 96
Somebody Else 84
Success 81
Tears Expressive, The 43
Ten-Fingered Mice 58
Things They Mustn't Touch, The 60
To a Young Man 92
Unchangeable Mother 78
Until She Died 10
Warm House and a Ruddy Fire, A 90
When the Young are Grown 28
Winding the Clock 54
Workman's Dream, The 74
Youth 64
"All That Matters" Is Dedicated To My Wife Who Is All To Me E. A. G.
ALL THAT MATTERS
When all that matters shall be written down And the long record of our years is told, Where sham, like flesh, must perish and grow cold; When the tomb closes on our fair renown And priest and layman, sage and motleyed clown Must quit the places which they dearly hold, What to our credit shall we find enscrolled? And what shall be the jewels of our crown? I fancy we shall hear to our surprise Some little deeds of kindness, long forgot, Telling our glory, and the brave and wise Deeds which we boasted often, mentioned not. God gave us life not just to buy and sell, And all that matters is to live it well.