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Edgar Guest - A Wish
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IF GOD should come and say to me:
"What is your dearest wish to be?
What high position do you crave
This side of Heaven and the grave? "
I `d merely say: "Pray let me be
The father of a family."

I would not ask `to` rule the land,
To live within a palace grand,
I would not ask for wealth or fame,
To write in history my name;
I `d merely say: "Pray let me be
The father of a family."

Oh, little girl upon my knee,
Your daddy I would rather be
Than any king or prince or earl;
And so, you see, my little girl,
Just why your daddy`s always glad,
His fondest, dearest wish he`s had.
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