Clover-Blossom (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
In a quiet, pleasant meadow, Beneath a summer sky, Where green old trees their branches waved, And winds went singing by; Where a little ...
Louisa May Alcott Poems (99 Poems)
In The Garret (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
Four little chests all in a row, Dim with dust, and worn by time, All fashioned and filled, long ago, By children now ...
The Flower’s Lesson (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
There grew a fragrant rose-tree where the brook flows, With two little tender buds, and one full rose; When the sun went ...
Little Paul (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
CHEERFUL voices by the sea-sideEchoed through the summer air,Happy children, fresh and rosy,Sang and sported freely there,Often turning friendly glances,Where, ...
The Downward Road (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
Two Yankee maids of simple mien, And earnest, high endeavour, Come sailing to the land of France, To escape the winter weather. When first ...
A Little Grey Curl (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
A little grey curl from my father's head I find unburned on the hearth, And give it a place in my diary ...
My Beth (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
Sitting patient in the shadow Till the blessed light shall come, A serene and saintly presence Sanctifies our troubled home. Earthly joys and hopes ...
Little Nell (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
GLEAMING through the silent church-yard,Winter sunlight seemed to shedGolden shadows like soft blessingsO'er a quiet little bed, Where a pale face ...
Our Little Ghost (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
Oft, in the silence of the night, When the lonely moon rides high,When wintry winds are whistling, And we hear the owl's ...
Mary’s Dream (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
The moon had climbed the eastern hill Which rises o'er the sands of Dee, And from its highest summit shed A silver light ...
Fragments (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
I am the monarch of the Sea, The ruler of the Queen's Navee,-- When at anchor here I ride, My bosom swells with ...
A. B. A. (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
Like Bunyan's pilgrim with his pack, Forth went the dreaming youth To seek, to find, and make his own Wisdom, virtue, and truth. Life ...
Sweet! Sweet! (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
"Sweet! Sweet! Come, come and eat, Dear little girls With yellow curls; For here you'll find Sweets to your mind. On every tree Sugar-plums you'll see; In every ...
A Lament For S. B. Pat Paw (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
We mourn the loss of our little pet, And sigh o'er her hapless fate, For never more by the fire she'll sit, Nor ...
My Doves (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
OPPOSITE my chamber window,On the sunny roof, at play,High above the city's tumult,Flocks of doves sit day by day.Shining necks ...
Mountain–Laurel (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
My bonnie flower, with truest joy Thy welcome face I see, The world grows brighter to my eyes, And summer comes with thee. My ...
The Rose Family – Song I (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
O flower at my windowWhy blossom you so fair,With your green and purple cupUpturned to sun and air?'I bloom, blithesome ...
Now Hark, Little May (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
"Now hark, little May, If you want to do right, Under your pillow Just look every night. If you have been good All through the ...
To J.M.B. (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
'Oh, were I a heliotrope, I would play poet, And blow a breeze of fragrance To you; and none should know it. 'Your form ...
Chingery Wangery Chan (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
"In China there lived a little man, His name was Chingery Wangery Chan." "His legs were short, his feet were small, And this ...
From Our Happy Home (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
From our happy home Through the world we roam One week in all the year, Making winter spring With the joy we bring, For Christmas-tide ...
Brighter Shone The Golden Shadows (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
Brighter shone the golden shadows; On the cool wind softly came The low, sweet tones of happy flowers, Singing little Violet's name. 'Mong the ...
The Jungfrau To Beth (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
God bless you, dear Queen Bess! May nothing you dismay, But health and peace and happiness Be yours, this Christmas day. Here's fruit to ...
Fragments from “Under The Lilacs”. (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
"So he took up his bow, And he feathered his arrow, And said, 'I will shoot This little cock-sparrow.'"* * * * "'Tis good to make all ...
Morning Song Of The Bees (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
"Awake! awake! for the earliest gleamOf golden sunlight shinesOn the rippling waves, that brightly flowBeneath the flowering vines.Awake! awake! for ...
Bide A Wee (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
'The puir auld folk at home, ye mind, Are frail and failing sair; And weel I ken they'd miss me, lad, Gin I ...
A Song From The Suds (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
Queen of my tub, I merrily sing,While the white foam raises high,And sturdily wash, and rinse, and wring,And fasten the ...
My Frost-King – Song II (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
Brighter shone the golden shadows;On the cool wind softly cameThe low, sweet tones of happy flowers,Singing little Violet's name.'Mong the ...
Hither, Hither (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
Hither, hither, from thy home, Airy sprite, I bid thee come! Born of roses, fed on dew, Charms and potions canst thou brew? Bring ...
Summer Days Are Over (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
"Summer days are over, Summer work is done; Harvests have been gathered Gayly one by one. Now the feast is eaten, Finished is the play; But ...