The first of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes a trove of poetry about home and family life, focusing especially on verses about children, verses for children, and fun for little folk. It also includes a general introduction to the series by Carman himself, as well as an introductory essay to the volume by University of Chicago English professor William Darnall MacClintock (1858-1936). (Summary by Tomas Peter)
The Purpose of Poetry by Bliss CarmanYoung People and the Poets by William Darnall MacClintockThe Baby by KalidasaBirth by Annie R. Stillman (Grace Raymond)The Baby by George MacDonaldWeighing the Baby by Ethelinda Elliott Beers (Ethel Lynn)Laus Infantium by William CantonÉtude réaliste by Algernon Charles SwinburneThe Babie by Jeremiah Eames RankinThe Angel's Whisper by Samuel LoverLullaby: From 'The Princess' by Alfred, Lord TennysonThe Happy Hour by Mary Frances ButtsCradle Song by AnonymousCradle Song: From 'Bitter-Sweet' by Josiah Gilbert HollandJapanese Lullaby by Eugene FieldPhilip, My King by Dinah Maria Mulock CraikBaby May by William Cox BennettLittle Feet by Elizabeth AkersBaby Louise by Margaret EytingeSilent Baby by Ellen Bartlett CurrierThe Household Sovereign: From 'The Hanging of the Crane' by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowOn the Picture of an Infant (Playing Near a Precipice) by Leonidas of AlexandriaThe Mother's Sacrifice by Seba SmithMother and Child by William Gilmore SimmsChildren by Walter Savage LandorPolly by William Brighty RandsTo My Infant Son by Thomas HoodLetty's Globe by Charles Tennyson TurnerWillie Winkie by William MillerTo J. H. (Four Years Old: A Nursery Song) by Leigh HuntSeven Times Four: Maternity by Jean IngelowThe Mother's Hope by Laman BlanchardBedtime by Francis, Earl of RosslynTo Hartley Coleridge (Six Years Old) by William WordsworthMy Little Girl by Samuel Minturn PeckLittle Goldenhair by Mrs. F. Burge SmithThe Unfinished Prayer by AnonymousCuddle Doon by Alexander AndersonThe Witch in the Glass by Sarah M. B. PiattSmall and Early by Tudor JenksSeven Times One by Jean IngelowThe Lost Heir by Thomas HoodThe Gambols of Children by George DarleyThe Child in the Garden by Henry van DykeA Portrait by Elizabeth Barrett BrowningTo a Child During Sickness by Leigh HuntBaby Bell by Thomas Bailey AldrichOur Wee White Rose by Gerald MasseyBaby's Shoes by William Cox BennettBaby Zulma's Christmas Carol by Augustus Julian RequierOn the Death of an Infant by Dirk SmitsShe Came and Went by James Russell LowellThree Years She Grew by William WordsworthWe Are Seven by William WordsworthBoyhood by Washington AllstonPictures of Memory by Alice CaryThe Mitherless Bairn by William ThomMy Mother's Picture by William CowperI Remember, I Remember by Thomas HoodThe Barefoot Boy by John Greenleaf WhittierRain on the Roof by Coates KinneyWhittling (A National Portrait) by John PierpontThe Old Oaken Bucket by Samuel WoodworthThe Old Arm-chair by Eliza CookWoodman, Spare That Tree by George Pope MorrisA Parable by Mathilde BlindThe Piper by William BlakeChoosing a Name by Mary LambWhat Does Little Birdie Say?: From 'Sea Dreams' by Alfred, Lord TennysonA Cradle Hymn by Isaac WattsGo Sleep, Ma Honey by Edward D. BarkerNo Baby in the House by Clara G. DolliverA Dutch Lullaby by Eugene FieldHalf-Waking by William AllinghamTwinkle, Twinkle by AnonymousPretty Cow by Jane TaylorThe Three Little Kittens (A Cat's Tale, with Additions) by Eliza Lee FollenThe Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis StevensonHow Doth the Little Busy Bee by Isaac WattsTry Again by AnonymousGood Night and Good Morning by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord HoughtonThe Spider and the Fly by Mary HowittThread and Song by John Williamson PalmerLet Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite by Isaac WattsThe Children's Church by Karl von GerokChild's Evening Hymn by Sabine Baring-Gould'It Is Finished' by Christina Georgina RossettiA Little Child's Hymn (For Night and Morning) by Francis Turner PalgraveSheep and Lambs by Katharine Tynan Hinkson'By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill' by Reginald HeberThe Romance of the Swan's Nest by Elizabeth Barrett BrowningA Good Play by Robert Louis StevensonA Life-Lesson by James Whitcomb RileyThe Dead Doll by Margaret VandegriftForeign Children by Robert Louis StevensonThe Unseen Playmate by Robert Louis StevensonThe Shadows by Frank Dempster ShermanThe Dancers by Michael FieldMy Shadow by Robert Louis StevensonLittle Bell by Thomas WestwoodWings by Mary Louise RitterForeign Lands by Robert Louis StevensonUnder My Window by Thomas WestwoodThe Land of Story-books by Robert Louis StevensonFairy Days by William Makepeace ThackerayThe Wind in a Frolic by William HowittThe Wind by Robert Louis StevensonThe Man in the Moon by James Whitcomb RileyThe Fairies of the Caldon Low (A Midsummer Legend) by Mary HowittThe Elf and the Dormouse by Oliver HerfordA Little Dutch Garden by Harriet Whitney DurbinThe First Rose of Summer by Oliver HerfordA Belated Violet by Oliver HerfordThe Frost by Hannah Flagg GouldA Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke MooreLittle Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb RileyOld-School Punishment by AnonymousIn School-Days by John Greenleaf WhittierSeein' Things by Eugene FieldA Mortifying Mistake by Anna Maria PrattThe Smack in School by William Pitt PalmerThere Was a Little Girl by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe Story of Cruel Frederick: From 'The English Struwwelpeter' by Heinrich HoffmannThe Dreadful Story about Harriet and the Matches: From 'The English Struwwelpeter' by Heinrich HoffmannThe Story of Johnny-Head-in-Air: From 'The English Struwwelpeter' by Heinrich HoffmannThe Three Children by AnonymousThe Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward LearMr. and Mrs. Spikky Sparrow by Edward LearThe Walrus and the Carpenter: From 'Alice in Wonderland' by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)Good King Arthur by AnonymousFrom 'Max and Maurice' by Wilhelm BuschThe Jumblies by Edward LearThe History Lesson by AnonymousSage Counsel by Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchLimericks: From 'A Book of Nonsense' by Edward LearThere Was a Small Boy of Quebec by Rudyard KiplingMore Limericks by AnonymousFinis by Anonymous
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