Poetry For Children

About this eBook

Author

Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847

Title

Poetry for children

Original Publication

United Kingdom: J. M. Dent & Co.,1898.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

English poetry -- 19th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68359

Release Date

June 21, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Poetry for Children — To the Gentle Reader
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.THE FIRST TOOTH
4. 4.THE BOY AND THE SKYLARK A FABLE
5. 5.THE RAINBOW
6. 6.QUEEN ORIANA’S DREAM
7. 7.THE SISTER’S EXPOSTULATION ON THE BROTHER’S LEARNING LATIN
8. 8.THE BROTHER’S REPLY
9. 9.ON THE LORD’S PRAYER
10. 10.DAVID IN THE CAVE OF ADULLAM
11. 11.CLEANLINESS
12. 12.TO A RIVER IN WHICH A CHILD WAS DROWNED
13. 13.THE BOY AND SNAKE
14. 14.THE BEASTS IN THE TOWER
15. 15.TIME SPENT IN DRESS
16. 16.A BALLAD: NOTING THE DIFFERENCE OF RICH AND POOR, IN THE WAYS OF A RICH NOBLE’S PALACE AND A POOR WORKHOUSE To the tune of the “Old and Young Courtier.”
17. 17.THE BROKEN DOLL
18. 18.GOING INTO BREECHES
19. 19.THE THREE FRIENDS
20. 20.MEMORY
21. 21.SALOME
22. 22.THE PEACH
23. 23.THE MAGPIE’S NEST A FABLE
24. 24.NURSING
25. 25.THE ROOK AND THE SPARROWS
26. 26.FEIGNED COURAGE
27. 27.HESTER
28. 28.HELEN
29. 29.THE BEGGAR MAN
30. 30.BREAKFAST
31. 31.THE COFFEE SLIPS
32. 32.WRITTEN IN THE FIRST LEAF OF A CHILD’S MEMORANDUM BOOK
33. 33.ENVY
34. 34.DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MOTHER & CHILD
35. 35.THE FIRST SIGHT OF GREEN FIELDS
36. 36.LINES SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF TWO FEMALES BY LEONARDO DA VINCI
37. 37.LINES ON THE SAME PICTURE BEING REMOVED TO MAKE PLACE FOR A PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY TITIAN
38. 38.LINES ON THE CELEBRATED PICTURE BY LEONARDO DA VINCI, CALLED THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS
39. 39.ON THE SAME
40. 40.A VISION OF REPENTANCE
41. 41.Transcriber’s Notes

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