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Lyrics of Lowly Life

"Invitation to Love"

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

"Come when the nights are bright with stars"

The king of beasts, the Lion, makes an effort to bring peace between all of the birds and beasts over which he has reign. Having completed his ruling, one of the animals has a comment. This fable has a surprise ending.

Aesop's Fables

“The Farmer and the Cranes”

by Aesop

First a farmer chases cranes out of his field. When they keep returning he shoots rocks at them with a sling shot. If words don’t work you must fight.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Selected Works

The Occultation of Orion

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

This poem describes a battle fought by the constellation Orion

The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series Two

Nature, Poem 7: The Butterfly's Day

by Emily Dickinson

From cocoon forth a butterfly

Buttercup Gold and Other Stories

“A Fall Song”

by Ellen Robena Field

A poem describing “The Fall of the Year” or Autumn.

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

"An Hymn to the Morning."

by Phillis Wheatley

ATTEND my lays, ye ever honour'd nine,

Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories

“The Hare and the Hedgehog”

by Grimm Brothers

Written as a play, this is a story about neighbors who do not get along. The hedgehog challenges the hare to a contest. The contest is used to settle the differences between the neighbors. However, is the means fair?

The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists

Chapter V: "The First Campfire"

by Captain Quincy Allen

Jerry soon realizes the cause of the “snag” and hurries back into the boat. The boys stop for supper, joking with one another about their past adventures. Suddenly Will spots something in the woods.

Miscellaneous Poems

Nutting Song

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

"The November sun invites me,"

A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems

The Wind

by Robert Louis Stevenson

The poet wonders about the wind.

Buttercup Gold and Other Stories

“A Child of Spring”

by Ellen Robena Field

A poem about springtime.

Buttercup Gold and Other Stories

“Five Little Indian Brothers”

by Ellen Robena Field

A short story about five kernels of corn growing in the Farmer Lane. The author uses this as a religious metaphor.

Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys

Chapter 5: “Curly and the Elephant”

by Howard R. Garis

Curly buys eggs at the store for his mother and, on the way home, is approached by a dog who wants to eat the eggs. The pig decided to run away and roll eggs at the dog. When the dog catches up to the pig, he is scared away by Grandpa Goosey. The author forgets to include the elephant in the story and vows to put him in the next one.

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Clever Gretel

by Grimm Brothers

Gretel uses her wits in order to avoid punishment.

The Sonnets

Sonnet 2

by William Shakespeare

When forty winters shall besiege thy brow

Clotel; or, The President's Daughter

Chapter 13: A Slave Hunting Parson

by William Wells Brown

Carlton visits with Mr. Jones' slaves.

The Crimson Fairy Book

“The Stone-Cutter”

by Andrew Lang

The stone-cutter is unhappy with his life and has his various, greedy wishes granted by a mountain spirit. After he passes through various stages of power, he realizes he was happier as he once was and decides to be himself instead of something he is not.