Wilbur D. Nesbit

Wilbur Dick Nesbit (September 16, 1871 – August 20, 1927), also known by the pen name Josh Wink, was an American poet and humorist. He is most known for his poem, "Your Flag and My Flag", which was popular during World War I.

• He always said "Good mornin',"
     An' emphasized the "good,"
  As if he’d make it happy
     For each one, if he could.
  "Good mornin'!" Just "Good mornin'"
     To ev'ryone he met;
  He said it with a twinkle
     That no one could forget.
  • "Good Mornin'", st. 1, in The Idler, vol. 21 (September, 1902), p. 706

•          Your flag and my flag—
             And how it flies to-day!
           In your land and my land,
             And half the world away!
           Rose-red and blood-red,
             The stripes forever gleam;
           Snow-white and soul-white—
             The good forefathers' dream;
  Sky-blue and true-blue, with stars to shine aright—
  The gloried guidon of the day, a shelter through the night.
  • "A Song for Flag Day", st. 1. The Trail to Boyland, and Other Poems (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1904), p. 96

• Who hath a book
     Hath friends at hand,
  And gold and gear
     At his command;
  And rich estates,
     If he but look,
  Are held by him
     Who hath a book.
  Who hath a book
     Hath but to read
  And he may be
     A king, indeed.
  His kingdom is
     His inglenook—
  All this is his
     Who hath a book.
  • "Who Hath a Book", sts. 1 and 3. A Book of Poems (Evanston, IL: Bowman Co., 1906), p. 146

• Forever on Thanksgiving Day,
     The heart will find the pathway home.
  • "Thanksgiving", st. 4, from the Chicago Tribune, in Jos. C. Sindelar (ed.) Thanksgiving Entertainments (Chicago: A. Flanagan Co., 1906), p. 122

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