The Children's Poets: Analyses and Appraisals of the Greatest English and American Poets for Children, for Use in Normal Schools, Library Schools, and Homes |
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... sleeping bosom . They look in every thoughtless nest Where birds are covered warm ; They visit caves of every beast , To keep them all from harm ; If they see any weeping That should have been sleeping , They pour sleep on their head ...
... sleeping bosom . They look in every thoughtless nest Where birds are covered warm ; They visit caves of every beast , To keep them all from harm ; If they see any weeping That should have been sleeping , They pour sleep on their head ...
Page 100
... Sleep , sleep , happy child ! All creation slept and smiled . Sleep , sleep , happy sleep , While o'er thee thy mother weep . Sweet babe , in thy face Holy image I can trace ; Sweet babe , once like thee Thy Maker lay , and wept for me ...
... Sleep , sleep , happy child ! All creation slept and smiled . Sleep , sleep , happy sleep , While o'er thee thy mother weep . Sweet babe , in thy face Holy image I can trace ; Sweet babe , once like thee Thy Maker lay , and wept for me ...
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... sleeps the dog ; From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep Of doves in silver - feathered sleep ; A harvest mouse goes scampering by , With silver claws , and silver eye ; And moveless fish in the water gleam , By silver reeds in a ...
... sleeps the dog ; From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep Of doves in silver - feathered sleep ; A harvest mouse goes scampering by , With silver claws , and silver eye ; And moveless fish in the water gleam , By silver reeds in a ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I CHILDRENS POETRY AND CHILDRENS POETS | 1 |
MOTHER GOOSE | 11 |
ANN AND JANE TAYLOR | 49 |
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