Poems Every Child Should Know

Contents The Arrow and the Song HENRY W. LONGFELLOW The Babie JEREMIAH EAMES RANKIN Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite ISAAC WATTS Little Things EBENEZER COBHAM BREWER He Prayeth Best SAMUEL T. COLERIDGE Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star ANONYMOUS Pippa ROBERT BROWNING The Days of the Month AN OLD SONG True Royalty RUDYARD KIPLING Playing Robinson Crusoe RUDYARD KIPLING My Shadow ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Little White Lily GEORGE MACDONALD How the Leaves Came Down SUSAN COOLIDGE Willie Winkie WILLIAM MILLER The Owl and the Pussy-Cat EDWARD LEAR Wynken, Blynken, and Nod EUGENE FIELD The Duel EUGENE FIELD The Boy Who Never Told a Lie ANONYMOUS Love Between Brothers and Sisters ISAAC WATTS The Bluebell of Scotland ANONYMOUS If I Had But Two Little Wings SAMUEL T. COLERIDGE A Farewell CHARLES KINGSLEY Casabianca FELICIA HEMANS The Captain's Daughter JAMES T. FIELDS The Village Blacksmith HENRY W. LONGFELLOW Sweet and Low ALFRED TENNYSON The Violet JANE TAYLOR The Rainbow (a fragment) WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A Visit From St. Nicholas CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE The Star-Spangled Banner FRANCIS SCOTT KEY Father William LEWIS CARROLL The Nightingale and the Glow-worm WILLIAM COWPER PART II The Frost HANNAH FLAGG GOULD The Owl ALFRED TENNYSON Little Billee WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY The Butterfly and the Bee WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES An Incident of the French Camp ROBERT BROWNING Robert of Lincoln WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Old Grimes ALBERT GORTON GREENE Song of Life CHARLES MACKAY Fairy Song JOHN KEATS A Boy's Song JAMES HOGG Buttercups and Daisies MARY HOWITT The Rainbow THOMAS CAMPBELL Old Ironsides OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Little Orphant Annie JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY O Captain! My Captain! WALT WHITMAN Ingratitude WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The Ivy Green CHARLES DICKENS The Noble Nature BEN JONSON The Flying…