Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
I Had a Little Hobby Horse
by Traditional
A limerick about a hobby horse.
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Israfel
by Edgar Allan Poe
In Heaven a spirit doth dwell, "Whose heart-strings are a lute;"
The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series Two
Nature, Poem 46
by Emily Dickinson
It can't be summer, — that got through;
Lyrics of Love and Laughter
A Spring Wooing
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Come on walkin’ wid me, Lucy; ‘t ain’t no time to mope erroun’"
Miscellaneous Poems
Evening
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"The moon begins her stately ride"
A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
Autumn Fires
by Robert Louis Stevenson
The poet muses on fires.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“Nature’s Violet Children”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about violets who were picked from their home in the forest and brought to little girl’s house. With the help of sunlight and a caged canary, the violets thought positively and blossomed.
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
Dance Little Baby
by Traditional
A nursery rhyme that mimics a lullaby.
Poems of Emily Brontë
Hope
by Emily Brontë
The speaker criticizes the idea of hope.
Songs of the Wind on a Southern Shore, and other Poems of Florida
“Song of the Wind on a Southern Shore”
by George E. Merrick
The wind off the Florida Shore touches every part of the landscape.
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"We Wear the Mask"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"We wear the mask that grins and lies,"
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"Ode to Ethiopia"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"O Mother Race! to thee I bring"
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"Two Songs"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"A bee that was searching for sweets one day"
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“The Robin”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about a robin who flies north in the springtime, builds a nest for his mate, and migrates south for the winter.
Aesop's Fables
“The Ant and the Grasshopper”
by Aesop
The ants have plenty. The grasshopper is starving. He begs for food. The ants point out that he could have stored up food for winter.
A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
The Land of Story-Books
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A child plays hunter before bed time.
The Sonnets
Sonnet 106
by William Shakespeare
When in the chronicle of wasted time
Aesop's Fables
“The Bats, the Birds, and the Beasts”
by Aesop
The beasts and the birds are preparing for a conflict. Each group invites the bat to join with them. After the conflict is settled the bat wishes to be friends but neither group will have him.
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"A Banjo Song"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Oh, dere ’s lots o’ keer an’ trouble"
Lyrics of Love and Laughter
The Unsung Heroes
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"A song for the unsung heroes who rose in the country’s need,"
A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
Picture-Books in Winter
by Robert Louis Stevenson
The world stays lush in books.
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
The River of Ruin
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Along by the river of ruin"
The Sonnets
Sonnet 102
by William Shakespeare
My love is strengthened though more weak in seeming
Whitefoot the Woodmouse
"Mr. and Mrs. Whitefoot"
by Thornton W. Burgess
The two mice declare their love for each other and argue which house they would like to live in. They stay at Miss Dainty’s house until Shadow appears and they decide Whitefoot’s would be safer.
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"Night of Love"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"The moon has left the sky, love,"