Poems Every Child Should Know
Mary E. Burt , Various
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Length 8 h 8 min
Chapters 81
First published 1904
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.
Chapters
1
Preface Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:08
2
The 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 Month Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:24
3
True Royalty; Playing Robinson Crusoe; My Shadow; Little White Lily Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:20
4
How the Leaves Came Down; Wee Willie Winkie; The Owl and the Pussy-Cat Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:58
5
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod; The Duel Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:36
6
The Boy Who Never Told a Lie; Whatever Brawls Disturb the Street; Bluebell of Scotland; Two Little Wings; Farewell Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:13
7
Casabianca; The Captain's Daughter Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 3:50
8
The Village Blacksmith; Sweet and Low; The Violet; The Rainbow Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:51
9
A Visit from St. Nicholas; The Star-Spangled Banner Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:03
10
Father William; The Nightingale and the Glow-worm Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 3:55
11
Jack Frost; The Owl; Little Billie Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:26
12
The Butterfly and the Bee; An Incident of the French Camp; Robert of Lincoln Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:43
13
Old Grimes; Song of Life; Fairy Song Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:29
14
A Boy's Song; Buttercups and Daisies; The Rainbow; Old Ironsides Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:04
15
Little Orphant Annie; O Captain My Captain Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:23
16
Ingratitude; The Ivy Green; The Noble Nature; The Flying Squirrel Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:40
17
Warren's Address; The Song in Camp; The Bugle Song Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:28
18
The Three Bells of Glasgow; Sheridan's Ride Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:00
19
The Sandpiper; Lady Clare Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:48
20
The Lord of Burleigh Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:53
21
Hiawatha's Childhood Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:52
22
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud; John Barelycorn; A Life on the Ocean Wave Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:34
23
The Death of the Old Year; Abou Ben Adhem Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:31
24
Farm-Yard Song, A Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 3:35
25
To a Mouse; To a Mountain Daisy Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:56
26
Barbara Frietchie Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 3:35
27
Lochinvar Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 3:41
28
Lord Ullin's Daughter; The Charge of the Light Brigade Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:11
29
The Tournament; The Wind and the Moon Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:08
30
Jesus the Carpenter; Letty's Globe; A Dream; Heaven is not Reached at a Single Bound Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:14
31
The Battle of Blenheim Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 3:30
32
Fidelity; The Chambered Nautilus Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:17
33
Crossing the Bar; The Overland-Mail; Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:47
34
Marco Bozzaris Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:48
35
The Death of Napoleon; How Sleep the Brave; The Flag Goes By; Hohenlinden; My Old Kentucky Home Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 7:54
36
Old Folks at Home; The Wreck of the Hesperus Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:10
37
Robert Bruce's Address to his Army; The Inchcape Rock Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:00
38
The Finding of the Lyre; A Chrysalis Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:44
39
For a' That and a' That; The New Arrival Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:50
40
The Brook; The Ballad of the Clampherdown Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:19
41
The Destruction of Sennacherib; I Remember, I Remember; Driving Home the Cows Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:02
42
Krinken; Stevenson's Birthday Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:07
43
A Modest Wit; The Legend of Bishop Hatto Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:57
44
Columbus; The Shepherd of King Admetus Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:07
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How They Brought The Good News From Ghent to Aix Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:04
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The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna; The Eve of Waterloo Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:10
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King Henry of Navarre; Ivry Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:25
48
The Glove and the Lions; The Well of St. Keyne Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:26
49
The Nautilus and the Ammonite; The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:13
50
The Homes of England; Horatius at the Bridge (Part 1) Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 11:39
51
Horatius at the Bridge (pt. 2) Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 11:50
52
The Planting of the Apple Tree Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:24
53
June; A Psalm of Life; Barnacles Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:27
54
A Happy Life; Home, Sweet Home; Juliet of Nations; Woodman, Spare That Tree Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:41
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Abide With Me; Lead, Kindly Light; The Last Rose of Summer; Annie Laurie Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:52
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The Ship of State; America; The Landing of the Pilgrims Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:40
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The Lotos-Eaters; Moly Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:39
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Cupid Drowned; Cupid Stung; Cupid and my Campasbe; A Ballad for a Boy Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 8:52
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The Skeleton in Armour Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:35
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The Revenge Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 8:41
61
Sir Galahad; A Name in the Sand Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:17
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The Voice of Spring; The Forsaken Merman Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 10:52
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The Banks o' Doon; The Light of Other Days; My Own Shall Come to Me Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:58
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Ode to a Skylark; The Sands of Dee Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:55
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A Wish; Lucy; Solitude; John Anderson; The God of Music Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:45
66
A Musical Instrument; The Brides of Enderby Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 10:55
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The Lye; L'Envoi Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:47
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Contentment; The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls; The Old Oaken Bucket Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:05
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The Raven Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 9:03
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Arnold Von Winkelried Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:43
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Life I Know Not What Thou Art; Mercy; Polonius' Advice; Antony's Speech; The Skylark Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:04
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The Choir Invisible; The World is Too Much With Us; Sonnet on His Blindness; She Was a Phantom of Delight Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:40
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 8:48
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Rabbi Ben Ezra Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 10:17
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Prospice; Recessional; Ozymandias of Egypt Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:43
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Mortality; On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:56
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Herve Riel Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 8:04
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Problem, The Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 6:19
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English Flag, The Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 5:47
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The Man With the Hoe Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4:11
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Song of Myself (excerpts) Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 8:59
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