Poetry

A boy named Peter Found once in the road All harmless and helpless, A poor little toad; And ran to his playmate, And all out of breath Cried, “John, come and help, And we’ll stone him to death!” And picking up stones, The two went on the run, Saying, one to the other, “Oh, won’t [...]

Continue Reading ALICE AND PHOEBE CARY – A LESSON OF MERCY POEM

I am coming, I am coming! Hark! the honey bee is humming; See, the lark is soaring high In the blue and sunny sky, And the gnats are on the wing Wheeling round in airy ring. Listen! New-born lambs are bleating, And the cawing rooks are meeting In the elms–a noisy crowd. All the birds [...]

Continue Reading MARY HOWITT – THE VOICE OF SPRING POEM

The world’s a very happy place, Where every child should dance and sing, And always have a smiling face, And never sulk for anything. I waken when the morning’s come, And feel the air and light alive With strange sweet music like the hum Of bees about their busy hive. The linnets play among the [...]

Continue Reading GABRIEL SETOUN – THE WORLD’S MUSIC POEM

Down in a green and shady bed A modest violet grew; Its stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view. And yet it was a lovely flower, Its colors bright and fair! It might have graced a rosy bower, Instead of hiding there. Yet there it was content to bloom, [...]

Continue Reading Jane Taylor – THE VIOLET POEM

I once had a sweet little doll, dears, The prettiest doll in the world; Her cheeks were so red and white, dears, And her hair was so charmingly curled. But I lost my poor little doll, dears, As I played in the heath one day; And I cried for her more than a week, dears, [...]

Continue Reading CHARLES KINGSLEY – THE LOST DOLL POEM

There stands by the wood-path shaded A meek little beggar maid; Close under her mantle faded She is hidden like one afraid. Yet if you but lifted lightly That mantle of russet brown, She would spring up slender and sightly, In a smoke-blue silken gown. For she is a princess, fated, Disguised in the wood [...]

Continue Reading Helen Gray Cone – A FAIRY TALE POEM

“And where have you been, my Mary, And where have you been from me?” “I’ve been to the top of the Caldon Low, The midsummer night to see!” “And what did you see, my Mary, All up on the Caldon Low?” “I saw the glad sunshine come down, And I saw the merry winds blow.” [...]

Continue Reading MARY HOWITT – THE FAIRIES OF THE CALDON LOW POEM

The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down; The gentian’s bluest fringes Are curling in the sun; In dusty pods the milkweed Its hidden silk has spun; The sedges flaunt their harvest In every meadow nook, And asters by the brookside Make asters in [...]

Continue Reading HELEN HUNT JACKSON – SEPTEMBER POEM