A collection of poems, many well-known or by famous writers for children, celebrating the joys of life for children and avoiding the all-too-common subject of death. Selected and edited by Kenneth Grahame. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
PrefaceMerry are the BellsSafe in BedJenny WrenCurly LocksPussy-Cat MewDraw a Pail of WaterI Saw a Ship A-SailingThe Nut-TreeMy Maid MaryThe Wind and the FishermanBlow, Wind, BlowAll BusyWinter Has ComePoor RobinI Have a Little SisterIn Marble WallsThe Moon by Eliza Lee FollenThe Star by A. and J. TaylorKitty by Mrs. E. PrentissKitty: How to Treat HerKitty: What She Thinks of Herself by W.B. RandsThe Sea Shell by Amy LowellThe CuckooThe Bird-Scarer's SongCradle SongGood-Night! by A. and J. TaylorDaffodils by W. ShakespeareTo Daffodils by R. HerrickDaffodils by W. WordsworthThe Months by Sara ColeridgeThe Wind in a Frolic by William HowittThe Four Sweet Months by R. HerrickGlad Day by W.G. RobertsonButtercups and Daisies by Mary HowittThe Merry Month of March by W. WordsworthWhat the Birds Say by S.T. ColeridgeSpring's Procession by Sydney DobellThe Call of the Woods by W. ShakespeareA Prescription for a Spring Morning by John DavidsonThe Country Faith by Norman GaleThe Butterfly's Ball by W. RoscoeA Wish by Samuel RogersWishing by W. AllinghamBunches of Grapes by Walter RamalContentment by Eugene FieldThe Land of Story-Books by R.L. StevensonSand Castles by W.G. RobertsonRing o' Roses by W.G. RobertsonWynken, Blynken and Nod by Eugene FieldThe Drummer-Boy and the Shepherdess by W.B. RandsThe Land of Dreams by William BlakeSweet and Low by Lord TennysonCradle Song by Sir Walter ScottMother and I by Eugene FieldThe Fairies by W. AllinghamShakespeare's Fairies by W. ShakespeareThe Lavender Beds by W.B. RandsFarewell to the Fairies by Richard CorbetDeath of Oberon by G.W. ThornburyKilmeny by James HoggA Boy's Song by James HoggA Girl's Song by Thomas MooreThree Things to Remember by William BlakeThe Knight of Bethlehem by H.N. MaughamThe Lamb by William BlakeThe Tiger by William BlakeI Had a Dove by J. KeatsRobin Redbreast by W. AllinghamBlack Bunny by W.B. RandsThe Cow by A. and J. TaylorThe Skylark by James HoggChristmas Eve by John DavidsonA Christmas Carol by R. HerrickA Child's Present by R. HerrickThe Peace-Giver by A.C. SwinburneTo a Singer by P.B. ShelleyThe Happy Piper by William BlakeThe Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord ByronSheridan's Ride by T. Buchanan ReadColumbus by Joaquin MillerHoratius by Lord Macaulay
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