Mother’s Birthday Review (Juliana Horatia Ewing Poems)
Brother Bill.To have a good birthday for a grown-up person is very difficult indeed;We don't give it up, for Mother ...
Brother Bill.To have a good birthday for a grown-up person is very difficult indeed;We don't give it up, for Mother ...
Permit me, Reader, to make my bow,And allowMe to humbly commend to your tender merciesThe hero of these simple verses.By ...
A TALE OF TRANSFORMATIONS.A little Brook, that babbled under grass,Once saw a Poet pass-A Poet with long hair and saddened ...
"In my young days," the grandmother said (Nodding her head,Where cap and curls were as white as snow),"In my young ...
Our home used to be in a hut in the dear old Camp, with lots of bands and trumpets and ...
I always was a remarkable child; so old for my age, and such a sensitive nature!-Mamma often says so.And I'm ...
The winter is gone; and at first Jack and I were sad,Because of the snow-man's melting, but now we are ...
Sally is the laundress, and every SaturdayShe sends our clean clothes up from the wash, and Nurse puts them away.Sometimes ...
Fritz and I are not brother and sister, but we're next-door neighbours; for we both live next door.I mean we ...
A TALE OF THE HEDGE.Hedge-Plants."Beware!We advise you to take care.He lodges with us, so we know him well,And can tellYou ...
One of a hundred little rills-Born in the hills,Nourished with dews by the earth, and with tears by the sky,Sang-"Who ...
When I go to tea with the little Smiths, there are eight of them there, but there's only one of ...
Father is building a new house, but I've had one given to me for my own;Brick red, with a white ...
We meant to be very kind,But if ever we findAnother soft, grey-green, moss-coated, feather-lined nest in a hedge,We have taken ...
A PICTURE POEM FOR THE LITTLE ONES.I.Dear children, listen whilst I tellWhat to a certain Elf befell,Who left his house ...
Fairy King."The breeze is on the Blue-bells,The wind is on the lea;Stay out! stay out! my little lad,And chase the ...
Are you a Giant, great big man, or is your real name Smith?Nurse says you've got a hammer that you ...
Can any one look so wise, and have so little in his head?How long will it be, Papa Poodle, before ...
A TALE WITH A STING IN IT.Ah!There you are!I was certain I heard a strange voice from afar.Mamma calls me ...
Oh boy, down there, I can't believe that what they say is true!We squirrels surely cannot have an enemy in ...
There once was a Willow, and he was very old,And all his leaves fell off from him, and left him ...
Hear me now, my hobby-horse, my steed of prancing paces!Time is it that you and I won something more than ...
The whispering water rocks the reeds,And, murmuring softly, laps the weeds;And nurses there the falsest bloomThat ever wrought a lover's ...
Some Homes are where flowers for ever blow,The sun shining hotly the whole year round;But our Home glistens with six ...
Oh, how greedy you look as you stare at my plate,Your mouth waters so, and your big tail is drummingFlop! ...
It was on such a night as this,Some long unreal years ago,When all within were wrapp'd in sleep,And all without ...
Come down! come down! O Holy Ghost!As once of old Thou didst come downIn fiery tongues at Pentecost,The Apostolic heads ...
They've taken the cosy bed awayThat I made myself with the Shetland shawl,And set me a hamper of scratchy hay,By ...
A NURSERY RHYMEHush-a-by, Baby! Your baby, Mamma,No one but pussy may go where you are;Soft-footed pussy alone may pass by,For, ...
You ask me what-since we must part-You shall bring home to me;Bring back a pure and faithful heart,As true as ...
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