This collection of poems, selected by Sara Teasdale, a talented poet in her own right, is made to appeal to children, both girls and boys. They are not poems about children, but for children. Neither does this mean that they are childish, but rather that they capture the imagination of children both in subject matter and the richness of the lyrical language of the poems themselves. They range through the great classical poets from Milton to Poe, in all of their variety and vigor. What child could not be captivated by Blake’s, The Tiger, or enchanted by Lanier’s Song of the Chattahoochee? Here in these verses, we all are children. -summary by Larry Wilson
Prefatory NoteKubla Khan: A Vision in a DreamMeg MerriliesBerriesRomanceHymn of PanWritten in March''When the Hounds of Spring''SongUnder the Greenwood TreeTo VioletsOn May MorningThe Leprecaun or Fairy ShoemakerHunting SongThe Lady of ShalottHymn to DianaThe Song of Wandering AengusThe Shepherd to His LoveRobin Hood and the ButcherA Sea SongEpitaph on a HareThe PilgrimLullaby for TitaniaIsrafelJaffarA Song of SherwoodThe Destruction of SennacheribIvryThe TigerThe Terrible Robber MenSir Patrick Spens''Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind''The Pied Piper of Hamelin (A Child's Story)''Time, You Old Gipsy Man''The Solitary ReaperMy Lost YouthBattle-Hymn of the RepublicGathering Song of Donald DhuThe Minstrel-BoyBannockburn (Robert Bruce's Address to His Army)FableGood HoursWinterA Chanted CalendarThe CloudBugle SongThe Forsaken MermanNurse's SongTo a MouseThe FairiesLa Belle Dame Sans MerciSpring''I Wandered Lonely''The Gay Gos-HawkAn Old Song of FairiesMoon Folly (The Song of Conn the Fool)Star-TalkJim JayThe Ghosts of the BuffaloesA Christmas CarolEscape at BedtimeSong of the ChattahoocheeSea Fever''O Captain! My Captain!''The SnowA Song for My Mother: Her HandsThe FountainNature's FriendTree-ToadAn Ancient Christmas CarolAn Old Christmas CarolKing John and the Abbot of CanterburyThe Sands of DeeSister Awake! (Old English Song)The Skeleton in ArmorBy Bendemeer's StreamA PrayerYoung LochinvarOff the GroundAuld Daddy Darkness
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