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Offline Matthew

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Poem - No Children
« on: May 10, 2011, 10:55:33 PM »
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    • No Children!
    by Edgar Guest

    No children in the house to play--
    It must be hard to live that way!
    I wonder what the people do
    When night comes on and the work is through,
    With no glad little folks to shout,
    No eager feet to race about,
    No youthful tongues to chatter on
    About the joy that's been and gone?
    The house might be a castle fine,
    But what a lonely place to dine!

    No children in the house at all,
    No fingermarks upon the wall,
    No corner where the toys are piled--
    Sure indication of a child.
    No little lips to breathe the prayer
    That God shall keep you in His care,
    No glad caress and welcome sweet

    When night returns you to your street;
    No little lips a kiss to give--
    Oh, what a lonely way to live!

    No children in the house! I fear
    We could not stand it half a year.
    What would we talk about at night,
    Plan for and work with all our might,
    Hold common dreams about and find
    True union of heart and mind,
    If we two had no greater care
    Than what we both should eat and wear?
    We never knew love's brightest flame
    Until the day the baby came.

    And now we could not get along
    Without their laughter and their song.
    Joy is not bottled on a shelf,
    It cannot feed upon itself,
    And even love, if it shall wear,
    Must find its happiness in care;
    Dull we'd become of mind and speech
    Had we no little ones to teach.

    No children in the house to play!
    Oh, we could never live that way!
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    « Reply #1 on: May 11, 2011, 04:33:39 AM »
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    •  :applause: This is a suitable poem for my country now that our president is planning to legalize contraceptives here.
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    « Reply #2 on: May 11, 2011, 08:31:56 AM »
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    • By Edgar Guest, of all people.  Wow.  

    My children are grown and my wife deceased.  I live alone now.  For every day I am grateful for the solitude (and there are days like that) there are ten I wish for a houseful of kids again.  Fortunately most of my grandchildren live close by, and they seem to like hanging out with their curmudgeon of a grandfather.
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    Stir up within Thy Church, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the Spirit with which blessed Josaphat, Thy Martyr and Bishop, was filled, when he laid down his life for his sheep: so that, through his intercession, we too may be moved and strengthen by the same Spir

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    « Reply #3 on: May 11, 2011, 09:54:39 AM »
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    •   I think it is a blessing not to have children in today's situation of the world. Sometimes I ask God not to give me any kids if I marry.
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    « Reply #4 on: May 11, 2011, 10:53:26 AM »
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    • nice poem. i dont like children though, but the sentiment is soemthing i can empathize with.

    sometime we miss things
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    « Reply #5 on: May 11, 2011, 12:36:02 PM »
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    • Quote from: spouse of Jesus
     I think it is a blessing not to have children in today's situation of the world. Sometimes I ask God not to give me any kids if I marry.


    We cannot give up the fight. In marriage, you need to be open to having children if God so wills, unless you mutually abstain.
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    "Non nobis, Domine, non nobis; sed nomini tuo da gloriam..." (Ps. 113:9)

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    « Reply #6 on: May 11, 2011, 12:37:23 PM »
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    • Quote from: herbert
    nice poem. i dont like children though, but the sentiment is soemthing i can empathize with.

    sometime we miss things


    I find it hard to see how one can dislike children. Remember that you were a child once. Children cannot do anything about their being children. So please do not fault them for it.  
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    « Reply #7 on: May 11, 2011, 12:37:55 PM »
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    • That is a wonderful poem though, Matthew.
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    « Reply #8 on: May 11, 2011, 05:58:35 PM »
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    • Quote from: herbert
    nice poem. i dont like children though, but the sentiment is soemthing i can empathize with.

    sometime we miss things


    Well, children probably don't like you much either.   :laugh1:
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    « Reply #9 on: May 11, 2011, 07:25:11 PM »
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    • children are okay kephapaulos and sigismund, but they very immature.

    i was babysitting my 2-year-old niece a few days ago and all she wanted to do was watch cartoons.
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    « Reply #10 on: May 12, 2011, 01:55:05 AM »
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    • Hide the TV and give her some crayons and paper.
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    « Reply #11 on: May 12, 2011, 06:21:26 AM »
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    • Quote from: herbert
    children are okay kephapaulos and sigismund, but they very immature.

    i was babysitting my 2-year-old niece a few days ago and all she wanted to do was watch cartoons.


      I can emphatize with you. As my own cousin (aged 10) is such a tv addict watching all forms of programs, even news, commercials etc.  :surprised: And it is interferring with his homework very seriously.
     
      But as kepha said it is none of the child's fault. There is always some adult who wanted to silent a baby's cry by sitting him before a tv. It is how it begins....
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    « Reply #12 on: May 14, 2011, 12:03:57 PM »
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    • Quote from: spouse of Jesus
    Quote from: herbert
    children are okay kephapaulos and sigismund, but they very immature.

    i was babysitting my 2-year-old niece a few days ago and all she wanted to do was watch cartoons.


      I can emphatize with you. As my own cousin (aged 10) is such a tv addict watching all forms of programs, even news, commercials etc.  :surprised: And it is interferring with his homework very seriously.
     
      But as kepha said it is none of the child's fault. There is always some adult who wanted to silent a baby's cry by sitting him before a tv. It is how it begins....


    My (blond) cousin shuts up her 2 year old by giving him his cell phone to play with.  :facepalm:
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    « Reply #13 on: May 15, 2011, 09:50:52 PM »
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    • Children are immature. Well, I can't really argue with that, what with them being kids and all.   :cool:
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