Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson

Contents

[ POEMS OF YOUTH AND AGE ]

[ THE HUMAN SEASONS ]

[ THE BABY ]

[ "ONLY A BABY SMALL" ]

[ TO A NEW-BORN BABY GIRL ]

[ TO LITTLE RENEE ON FIRST SEEING HER LYING IN HER CRADLE ]

[ RHYME OF ONE ]

[ TO A NEW-BORN CHILD ]

[ SONGS FOR FRAGOLETTA ]

[ CHOOSING A NAME ]

[ WEIGHING THE BABY ]

[ ETUDE REALISTE ]

[ LITTLE FEET ]

[ LITTLE HANDS ]

[ BARTHOLOMEW ]

[ THE STORM-CHILD ]

[ "ON PARENT KNEES" ]

[ THE KING OF THE CRADLE ]

[ THE FIRSTBORN ]

[ NO BABY IN THE HOUSE ]

[ OUR WEE WHITE ROSE ]

[ INTO THE WORLD AND OUT ]

[ "BABY SLEEPS" ]

[ IN THE NURSERY ]

[ MOTHER GOOSE'S MELODIES ]

[ THE QUEEN OF HEARTS ]

[ LITTLE BO-PEEP ]

[ MARY'S LAMB ]

[ "SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE" ]

[ SIMPLE SIMON ]

[ A PLEASANT SHIP ]

[ "I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND" ]

[ "WHEN I WAS A BACHELOR" ]

[ "JOHNNY SHALL HAVE A NEW BONNET" ]

[ THE CITY MOUSE AND THE GARDEN MOUSE ]

[ ROBIN REDBREAST ]

[ SOLOMON GRUNDY ]

[ "MERRY ARE THE BELLS" ]

[ "WHEN GOOD KING ARTHUR RULED THIS LAND" ]

[ THE BELLS OF LONDON ]

[ THE OWL, THE EEL AND THE WARMING-PAN ]

[ LITTLE RAINDROPS ]

[ "MOON, SO ROUND AND YELLOW" ]

[ THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT ]

[ OLD MOTHER HUBBARD ]

[ THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN ]

[ THE FIRST TOOTH ]

[ BABY'S BREAKFAST ]

[ BABY AT PLAY ]

[ THE DIFFERENCE ]

[ FOOT SOLDIERS ]

[ TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET ]

[ GRAMMAR IN RHYME ]

[ DAYS OF THE MONTH ]

[ THE GARDEN YEAR ]

[ KIND HEARTS ]

[ WEATHER WISDOM ]

[ OLD SUPERSTITIONS ]

[ THE ROAD TO SLUMBERLAND ]

[ WYNKEN, BLYNKEN, AND NOD ]

[ THE SUGAR-PLUM TREE ]

[ WHEN THE SLEEPY MAN COMES ]

[ AULD DADDY DARKNESS ]

[ WILLIE WINKIE ]

[ THE SANDMAN ]

[ THE DUSTMAN ]

[ SEPHESTIA'S LULLABY ]

[ "GOLDEN SLUMBERS KISS YOUR EYES" ]

[ "SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP" ]

[ MOTHER'S SONG ]

[ A CRADLE HYMN ]

[ CRADLE SONG ]

[ LULLABY OF AN INFANT CHIEF ]

[ "LULLABY, O LULLABY" ]

[ THE COTTAGER TO HER INFANT ]

[ TROT, TROT! ]

[ HOLY INNOCENTS ]

[ CRADLE SONG ]

[ AN IRISH LULLABY ]

[ CRADLE SONG ]

[ MOTHER-SONG FROM "PRINCE LUCIFER" ]

[ KENTUCKY BABE ]

[ MINNIE AND WINNIE ]

[ BED-TIME SONG ]

[ TUCKING THE BABY IN ]

[ "JENNY WI' THE AIRN TEETH" ]

[ CUDDLE DOON ]

[ THE DUTY OF CHILDREN ]

[ HAPPY THOUGHT ]

[ WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN ]

[ RULES OF BEHAVIOR ]

[ LITTLE FRED ]

[ THE LOVABLE CHILD ]

[ GOOD AND BAD CHILDREN ]

[ REBECCA'S AFTER-THOUGHT ]

[ KINDNESS TO ANIMALS ]

[ A RULE FOR BIRDS' NESTERS ]

[ "SING ON, BLITHE BIRD" ]

[ "I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY" ]

[ LITTLE THINGS ]

[ THE LITTLE GENTLEMAN ]

[ THE CRUST OF BREAD ]

[ "HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE" ]

[ THE BROWN THRUSH ]

[ THE SLUGGARD ]

[ JANE AND ELIZA ]

[ MEDDLESOME MATTY ]

[ CONTENTED JOHN ]

[ "THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL" ]

[ THE REFORMATION OF GODFREY GORE ]

[ THE BEST FIRM ]

[ A LITTLE PAGE'S SONG ]

[ HOW THE LITTLE KITE LEARNED TO FLY ]

[ THE BUTTERFLY AND THE BEE ]

[ THE BUTTERFLY ]

[ BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES ]

[ THE ANT AND THE CRICKET ]

[ AFTER WINGS ]

[ DEEDS OF KINDNESS ]

[ THE LION AND THE MOUSE ]

[ THE BOY AND THE WOLF ]

[ THE STORY OF AUGUSTUS, WHO WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SOUP ]

[ THE STORY OF LITTLE SUCK-A-THUMB ]

[ WRITTEN IN A LITTLE LADY'S LITTLE ALBUM ]

[ MY LADY WIND ]

[ RHYMES OF CHILDHOOD ]

[ REEDS OF INNOCENCE ]

[ THE WONDERFUL WORLD ]

[ THE WORLD'S MUSIC ]

[ A BOY'S SONG ]

[ GOING DOWN HILL ON A BICYCLE ]

[ PLAYGROUNDS ]

[ "WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?" ]

[ THE WIND'S SONG ]

[ THE PIPER ON THE HILL ]

[ THE WIND AND THE MOON ]

[ CHILD'S SONG IN SPRING ]

[ BABY SEED SONG ]

[ LITTLE DANDELION ]

[ LITTLE WHITE LILY ]

[ IN THE GARDEN ]

[ THE GLADNESS OF NATURE ]

[ ANSWER TO A CHILD'S QUESTION ]

[ HOW THE LEAVES CAME DOWN ]

[ A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND ]

[ THE CRICKET'S STORY ]

[ THE SINGING-LESSON ]

[ CHANTICLEER ]

[ "WHAT DOES LITTLE BIRDIE SAY?" ]

[ NURSE'S SONG ]

[ OCTOBER'S PARTY ]

[ THE SHEPHERD ]

[ LITTLE GUSTAVA ]

[ PRINCE TATTERS ]

[ THE LITTLE BLACK BOY ]

[ THE BLIND BOY ]

[ BUNCHES OF GRAPES ]

[ THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE ]

[ THE LAND OF STORY-BOOKS ]

[ THE GARDENER ]

[ FOREIGN LANDS ]

[ MY BED IS A BOAT ]

[ THE PEDDLER'S CARAVAN ]

[ THE BUILDING OF THE NEST ]

[ "THERE WAS A JOLLY MILLER" ]

[ ONE AND ONE ]

[ A NURSERY SONG ]

[ A MORTIFYING MISTAKE ]

[ THE MAN IN THE MOON ]

[ LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE ]

[ OUR HIRED GIRL ]

[ SEEIN' THINGS ]

[ HOLY THURSDAY ]

[ A STORY FOR A CHILD ]

[ THE SPIDER AND THE FLY ]

[ THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER ]

[ THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM ]

[ SIR LARK AND KING SUN: A PARABLE ]

[ THE BABES IN THE WOOD ]

[ GOD'S JUDGMENT ON A WICKED BISHOP ]

[ THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN ]

[ THE GLAD EVANGEL ]

[ "GOD REST YOU MERRY, GENTLEMEN" ]

[ "O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM" ]

[ A CHRISTMAS HYMN ]

[ "WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT" ]

[ CHRISTMAS CAROLS ]

[ THE BURNING BABE ]

[ TRYSTE NOEL ]

[ CHRISTMAS CAROL ]

[ "BRIGHTEST AND BEST OF THE SONS OF THE MORNING" ]

[ CHRISTMAS BELLS ]

[ A CHRISTMAS CAROL ]

[ THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS ]

[ THE FEAST OF THE SNOW ]

[ MARY'S BABY ]

[ GATES AND DOORS ]

[ THE THREE KINGS ]

[ LULLABY IN BETHLEHEM ]

[ A CHILD'S SONG OF CHRISTMAS ]

[ JEST 'FORE CHRISTMAS ]

[ A VTSTT FROM ST. NICHOLAS ]

[ CEREMONIES FOR CHRISTMAS ]

[ ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY ]

[ FAIRYLAND ]

[ THE FAIRY BOOK ]

[ FAIRY SONGS ]

[ THE ELF AND THE DORMOUSE ]

[ "OH! WHERE DO FAIRIES HIDE THEIR HEADS?" ]

[ THE FAIRIES OF THE CALDON-LOW ]

[ THE FAIRIES ]

[ THE FAIRY THRALL ]

[ FAREWELL TO THE FAIRIES ]

[ THE FAIRY FOLK ]

[ THE FAIRY BOOK ]

[ THE VISITOR ]

[ THE LITTLE ELF ]

[ THE SATYRS AND THE MOON ]

[ THE CHILDREN ]

[ THE CHILDREN ]

[ THE CHILDREN'S HOUR ]

[ LAUS INFANTIUM ]

[ A CHILD'S LAUGHTER ]

[ SEVEN YEARS OLD ]

[ CREEP AFORE YE GANG ]

[ CASTLES IN THE AIR ]

[ UNDER MY WINDOW ]

[ THE BAREFOOT BOY ]

[ THE HERITAGE ]

[ LETTY'S GLOBE ]

[ DOVE'S NEST ]

[ TO A LITTLE GIRL ]

[ TO A LITTLE GIRL ]

[ A PARENTAL ODE TO MY SON ]

[ TO LAURA W—, TWO YEARS OLD ]

[ TO CHARLOTTE PULTENEY ]

[ THE PICTURE OF LITTLE T. C. IN A PROSPECT OF FLOWERS ]

[ TO HARTLEY COLERIDGE ]

[ TO A CHILD OF QUALITY ]

[ EX ORE INFANTIUM ]

[ THE CHILD'S HERITAGE ]

[ A GIRL OF POMPEII ]

[ ON THE PICTURE OF A "CHILD TIRED OF PLAY" ]

[ THE REVERIE OF POOR SUSAN ]

[ CHILDREN'S SONG ]

[ THE MITHERLESS BAIRN ]

[ THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN ]

[ THE SHADOW-CHILD ]

[ MOTHER WEPT ]

[ IN THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ]

[ "IF I WERE DEAD" ]

[ A SONG OF TWILIGHT ]

[ LITTLE BOY BLUE ]

[ THE DISCOVERER ]

[ A CHRYSALIS ]

[ MATER DOLOROSA ]

[ THE LITTLE GHOST ]

[ THE MOTHER'S PRAYER ]

[ DA LEETLA BOY ]

[ ON THE MOOR ]

[ EPITAPH OF DIONYSIA ]

[ FOR CHARLIE'S SAKE ]

[ "ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME?" ]

[ THE MORNING-GLORY ]

[ SHE CAME AND WENT ]

[ THE FIRST SNOW-FALL ]

[ "WE ARE SEVEN" ]

[ When at the day's calm close, ]

[ THE CHILD'S WISH GRANTED ]

[ TIRED MOTHERS ]

[ MY DAUGHTER LOUISE ]

[ "I AM LONELY" ]

[ ROSE-MARIE OF THE ANGELS ]

[ MAIDENHOOD ]

[ TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME ]

[ TO MISTRESS MARGARET HUSSEY ]

[ ON HER COMING TO LONDON ]

[ "O, SAW YE BONNY LESLEY" ]

[ TO A YOUNG LADY ]

[ THE SOLITARY REAPER ]

[ THE THREE COTTAGE GIRLS ]

[ TO A CHILD OF FANCY ]

[ TO PETRONILLA WHO HAS PUT UP HER HAIR ]

[ THE GYPSY GIRL ]

[ SOMEBODY'S CHILD ]

[ TO A GREEK GIRL ]

[ "CHAMBER SCENE" ]

[ "AH, BE NOT FALSE" ]

[ A LIFE-LESSON ]

[ THE MAN ]

[ THE BREAKING ]

[ THE FLIGHT OF YOUTH ]

[ "DAYS OF MY YOUTH" ]

[ AVE ATQUE VALE ]

[ STANZAS WRITTEN ON THE ROAD BETWEEN FLORENCE AND PISA ]

[ STANZAS FOR MUSIC ]

[ "WHEN AS A LAD" ]

[ "AROUND THE CHILD" ]

[ MY BIRTH-DAY ]

[ ON THIS DAY I COMPLETE MY THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR ]

[ THE ONE WHITE HAIR ]

[ BALLADE OF MIDDLE AGE ]

[ THE RAINBOW ]

[ LEAVETAKING ]

[ EQUINOCTIAL ]

[ "BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF YEARS" ]

[ ODE ON THE INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY ]

[ THE WOMAN ]

[ SIMPLEX MUNDITIIS ]

[ DELIGHT IN DISORDER ]

[ A PRAISE OF HIS LADY ]

[ ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT ]

[ PERFECT WOMAN ]

[ THE SOLITARY-HEARTED ]

[ OF THOSE WHO WALK ALONE ]

[ "SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY" ]

[ THE ROSE OF THE WORLD ]

[ DAWN OF WOMANHOOD ]

[ THE SHEPHERDESS ]

[ "TRUSTY, DUSKY, VIVID, TRUE" ]

[ STEPPING WESTWARD ]

[ STEPPING WESTWARD ]

[ A FAREWELL TO ARMS ]

[ "WHEN THAT I WAS AND A LITTLE TINY BOY" ]

[ OF THE LAST VERSES IN THE BOOK ]

[ LATE WISDOM ]

[ YOUTH AND AGE ]

[ THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS ]

[ LATE LEAVES ]

[ THE RIVER OF LIFE ]

[ "LONG TIME A CHILD" ]

[ THE WORLD I AM PASSING THROUGH ]

[ RABBI BEN EZRA ]

[ YOUNG AND OLD ]

[ THE ISLE OF THE LONG AGO ]

[ GROWING OLD ]

[ YOUTH AND AGE ]

[ FORTY YEARS ON ]

[ THE PARADOX OF TIME ]

[ OMNIA SOMNIA ]

[ THE YEAR'S END ]

[ AN OLD MAN'S SONG ]

[ SONGS OF SEVEN ]

[ Seven Times Two.—ROMANCE ]

[ LOOKING BACKWARD ]

[ THE RETREAT ]

[ Happy those early days, when I ]

[ A SUPERSCRIPTION ]

[ THE CHILD IN THE GARDEN ]

[ CASTLES IN THE AIR ]

[ THE LITTLE GHOSTS ]

[ MY OTHER ME ]

[ A SHADOW BOAT ]

[ A LAD THAT IS GONE ]

[ CARCASSONNE ]

[ THE WASTREL ]

[ TEMPLE GARLANDS ]

[ TIME LONG PAST ]

[ "I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER" ]

[ MY LOST YOUTH ]

[ "VOICE OF THE WESTERN WIND" ]

[ LANGSYNE, WHEN LIFE WAS BONNIE" ]

[ THE SHOOGY-SHOO ]

[ THE ROAD OF REMEMBRANCE ]

[ THE TRIUMPH OF FORGOTTEN THINGS ]

[ IN THE TWILIGHT ]

[ AN IMMORALITY ]

[ THREE SEASONS ]

[ THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES ]

[ THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS ]

[ "TEARS, IDLE TEARS" ]

[ THE PET NAME ]

[ THREESCORE AND TEN ]

[ RAIN ON THE ROOF ]

[ ALONE BY THE HEARTH ]

[ THE OLD MAN DREAMS ]

[ AULD LANG SYNE ]

[ ROCK ME TO SLEEP ]

[ THE GRAPE-VINE SWING ]

[ THE OLD SWIMMIN'-HOLE ]

[ FORTY YEARS AGO ]

[ "BREAK, BREAK, BREAK" ]

THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE,
VOLUME 2

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