Poetry

He is a roguish little elf, A gay audacious fellow, Who tramps about in doublet green And skirt of brightest yellow; In ev’ry field, by ev’ry road, He peeps among the grasses, And shows his sunny little face To ev’ry one that passes. Within the churchyard he is seen, Beside the headstones peeping, And shining [...]

Continue Reading Kate L. Brown – DANDELION POEM

O hush thee, my baby, thy sire was a knight,– Thy mother a lady both lovely and bright; The woods and the glens, from the towers which we see, They all are belonging, dear baby, to thee. O fear not the bugle, though loudly it blows, It calls but the warders that guard thy repose; [...]

Continue Reading Sir Walter Scott – LULLABY OF AN INFANT CHIEF POEM

They say that God lives very high; But if you look above the pines You cannot see our God; and why? And if you dig down in the mines, You never see Him in the gold, Though from Him all that’s glory shines. God is so good, He wears a fold Of heaven and earth [...]

Continue Reading Elizabeth Barrett Browning – A CHILD’S THOUGHT OF GOD POEM

Merrily swinging on briar and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain-side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name. Bob-o’-link, bob-o’-link, Spink, spank, spink, Snug and safe is that nest of ours, Hidden among the summer flowers. Chee, chee, chee. Robert of Lincoln is gayly dressed, Wearing a [...]

Continue Reading William Cullen Bryant – ROBERT OF LINCOLN POEM

There! little girl! don’t cry! They have broken your doll, I know; And your tea-set blue, And your play-house, too, Are things of long ago; But childish troubles will soon pass by, There! little girl! don’t cry! There! little girl! don’t cry! They have broken your slate, I know; And the glad wild ways Of [...]

Continue Reading JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY – A LIFE LESSON POEM

Here’s a hand to the boy who has courage To do what he knows to be right; When he falls in the way of temptation, He has a hard battle to fight. Who strives against self and his comrades Will find a most powerful foe; All honor to him if he conquers– A cheer for [...]

Continue Reading ALICE AND PHOEBE CARY – OUR HEROES POEM

On the wide lawn the snow lay deep, Ridged o’er with many a drifted heap; The wind that through the pine-trees sung The naked elm-boughs tossed and swung; While, through the window, frosty-starred, Against the sunset purple barred, We saw the sombre crow flap by, The hawk’s gray fleck along the sky, The crested blue-jay [...]

Continue Reading John G. Whittier – RED RIDING-HOOD POEM

Shorter and shorter now the twilight clips The days, as through the sunset gates they crowd, And Summer from her golden collar slips And strays through stubble-fields and moans aloud. Save when by fits the warmer air deceives, And, stealing hopeful to some sheltered bower, She lies on pillows of the yellow leaves, And tries [...]

Continue Reading ALICE AND PHOEBE CARY – AUTUMN POEM