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Poems Every Child Should Know

Poems Every Child Should Know

by Mary E. Burt, Various

Poetry

About this book

This anthology of poetry, published in 1904, contains such favorites as The Raven, My Shadow, and The Village Blacksmith, as well as many lovely poems that may be unfamiliar. Most of the poems in this collection are short enough for children to memorize.

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  1. 1Preface5:08 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  2. 2The Arrow and the Song; The Babie; Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite; Little Drops of Water; He Prayeth Best; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; Spring's at the Morn; The Days of the Month6:24 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  3. 3True Royalty; Playing Robinson Crusoe; My Shadow; Little White Lily5:20 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  4. 4How the Leaves Came Down; Wee Willie Winkie; The Owl and the Pussy-Cat5:58 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  5. 5Wynken, Blynken, and Nod; The Duel4:36 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  6. 6The Boy Who Never Told a Lie; Whatever Brawls Disturb the Street; Bluebell of Scotland; Two Little Wings; Farewell4:13 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  7. 7Casabianca; The Captain's Daughter3:50 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  8. 8The Village Blacksmith; Sweet and Low; The Violet; The Rainbow5:51 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  9. 9A Visit from St. Nicholas; The Star-Spangled Banner6:03 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  10. 10Father William; The Nightingale and the Glow-worm3:55 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  11. 11Jack Frost; The Owl; Little Billie5:26 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  12. 12The Butterfly and the Bee; An Incident of the French Camp; Robert of Lincoln6:43 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  13. 13Old Grimes; Song of Life; Fairy Song4:29 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  14. 14A Boy's Song; Buttercups and Daisies; The Rainbow; Old Ironsides5:04 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  15. 15Little Orphant Annie; O Captain My Captain5:23 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  16. 16Ingratitude; The Ivy Green; The Noble Nature; The Flying Squirrel6:40 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  17. 17Warren's Address; The Song in Camp; The Bugle Song5:28 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  18. 18The Three Bells of Glasgow; Sheridan's Ride6:00 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  19. 19The Sandpiper; Lady Clare6:48 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  20. 20The Lord of Burleigh4:53 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  21. 21Hiawatha's Childhood4:52 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  22. 22I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud; John Barelycorn; A Life on the Ocean Wave5:34 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  23. 23The Death of the Old Year; Abou Ben Adhem4:31 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  24. 24Farm-Yard Song, A3:35 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  25. 25To a Mouse; To a Mountain Daisy5:56 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  26. 26Barbara Frietchie3:35 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  27. 27Lochinvar3:41 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  28. 28Lord Ullin's Daughter; The Charge of the Light Brigade5:11 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  29. 29The Tournament; The Wind and the Moon5:08 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  30. 30Jesus the Carpenter; Letty's Globe; A Dream; Heaven is not Reached at a Single Bound5:14 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  31. 31The Battle of Blenheim3:30 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  32. 32Fidelity; The Chambered Nautilus6:17 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  33. 33Crossing the Bar; The Overland-Mail; Pibroch of Donuil Dhu5:47 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  34. 34Marco Bozzaris5:48 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  35. 35The Death of Napoleon; How Sleep the Brave; The Flag Goes By; Hohenlinden; My Old Kentucky Home7:54 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  36. 36Old Folks at Home; The Wreck of the Hesperus6:10 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  37. 37Robert Bruce's Address to his Army; The Inchcape Rock6:00 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  38. 38The Finding of the Lyre; A Chrysalis4:44 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  39. 39For a' That and a' That; The New Arrival4:50 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  40. 40The Brook; The Ballad of the Clampherdown6:19 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  41. 41The Destruction of Sennacherib; I Remember, I Remember; Driving Home the Cows6:02 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  42. 42Krinken; Stevenson's Birthday4:07 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  43. 43A Modest Wit; The Legend of Bishop Hatto6:57 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  44. 44Columbus; The Shepherd of King Admetus6:07 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  45. 45How They Brought The Good News From Ghent to Aix5:04 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  46. 46The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna; The Eve of Waterloo6:10 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  47. 47King Henry of Navarre; Ivry6:25 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  48. 48The Glove and the Lions; The Well of St. Keyne5:26 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  49. 49The Nautilus and the Ammonite; The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk5:13 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  50. 50The Homes of England; Horatius at the Bridge (Part 1)11:39 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  51. 51Horatius at the Bridge (pt. 2)11:50 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  52. 52The Planting of the Apple Tree4:24 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  53. 53June; A Psalm of Life; Barnacles5:27 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  54. 54A Happy Life; Home, Sweet Home; Juliet of Nations; Woodman, Spare That Tree5:41 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  55. 55Abide With Me; Lead, Kindly Light; The Last Rose of Summer; Annie Laurie4:52 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  56. 56The Ship of State; America; The Landing of the Pilgrims5:40 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  57. 57The Lotos-Eaters; Moly5:39 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  58. 58Cupid Drowned; Cupid Stung; Cupid and my Campasbe; A Ballad for a Boy8:52 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  59. 59The Skeleton in Armour6:35 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  60. 60The Revenge8:41 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  61. 61Sir Galahad; A Name in the Sand6:17 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  62. 62The Voice of Spring; The Forsaken Merman10:52 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  63. 63The Banks o' Doon; The Light of Other Days; My Own Shall Come to Me4:58 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  64. 64Ode to a Skylark; The Sands of Dee4:55 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  65. 65A Wish; Lucy; Solitude; John Anderson; The God of Music5:45 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  66. 66A Musical Instrument; The Brides of Enderby10:55 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  67. 67The Lye; L'Envoi4:47 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  68. 68Contentment; The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls; The Old Oaken Bucket5:05 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  69. 69The Raven9:03 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  70. 70Arnold Von Winkelried4:43 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  71. 71Life I Know Not What Thou Art; Mercy; Polonius' Advice; Antony's Speech; The Skylark6:04 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  72. 72The Choir Invisible; The World is Too Much With Us; Sonnet on His Blindness; She Was a Phantom of Delight6:40 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  73. 73Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard8:48 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  74. 74Rabbi Ben Ezra10:17 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  75. 75Prospice; Recessional; Ozymandias of Egypt5:43 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  76. 76Mortality; On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer5:56 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  77. 77Herve Riel8:04 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  78. 78Problem, The6:19 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  79. 79English Flag, The5:47 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  80. 80The Man With the Hoe4:11 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
  81. 81Song of Myself (excerpts)8:59 · read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)

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