triumph of getting the chance to recite added to the zest
of it. Will they ever forget it?
I know Lowell's "The Finding of the Lyre." Attention, Sir Knights! See
who can learn it first as I say it to you. But I find that I have forgotten a
line of it, so you may open your books and teach it to me. Now, I can
recite every word of it. How much of it can you repeat from memory?
One boy can say it all. Nearly every child has learned the most of it.
Now, it will be easy for you to learn it alone. And Memory, the
Goddess Beautiful, will henceforth go with you to recall this happy
hour.
MARY E. BURT.
The John A. Browning School, 1904.
POEMS
CONTENTS
PART I
0. The Arrow and the Song 3 HENRY W. LONGFELLOW
0. The Babie 4 JEREMIAH EAMES RANKIN
0. Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite 4 ISAAC WATTS
0. Little Things 5 EBENEZER COBHAM BREWER
0. He Prayeth Best 5 SAMUEL T. COLERIDGE
0. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 6 ANONYMOUS
0. Pippa 6 ROBERT BROWNING
0. The Days of the Month 7 AN OLD SONG
0. True Royalty 7 RUDYARD KIPLING
0. Playing Robinson Crusoe 8 RUDYARD KIPLING
0. My Shadow 9 ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
0. Little White Lily 10 GEORGE MACDONALD
0. How the Leaves Came Down 12 SUSAN COOLIDGE
0. Willie Winkie 13 WILLIAM MILLER
0. The Owl and the Pussy-Cat 15 EDWARD LEAR
0. Wynken, Blynken, and Nod 16 EUGENE FIELD
0. The Duel 18 EUGENE FIELD
0. The Boy Who Never Told a Lie 19 ANONYMOUS
0. Love Between Brothers and Sisters 20 ISAAC WATTS
0. The Bluebell of Scotland 20 ANONYMOUS
0. If I Had But Two Little Wings 21 SAMUEL T. COLERIDGE
0. A Farewell 21 CHARLES KINGSLEY
0. Casabianca 22 FELICIA HEMANS
0. The Captain's Daughter 23 JAMES T. FIELDS
0. The Village Blacksmith 25 HENRY W. LONGFELLOW
0. Sweet and Low 27 ALFRED TENNYSON
0. The Violet 27 JANE TAYLOR
0. The Rainbow (a fragment) 28 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
0. A Visit From St. Nicholas 29 CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE
0. The Star-Spangled Banner 31 FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
0.
Father William 33 LEWIS CARROLL
0. The Nightingale and the Glow-worm 34 WILLIAM COWPER
PART II
33. The Frost 39
HANNAH FLAGG GOULD
34. The Owl 40
ALFRED TENNYSON
35. Little Billee 41
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
36. The Butterfly and the Bee 42
WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES
37. An Incident of the French Camp 43
ROBERT BROWNING
38. Robert of Lincoln 44
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
39. Old Grimes 47
ALBERT GORTON GREENE
40. Song of Life 48
CHARLES MACKAY
41. Fairy Song 50
JOHN KEATS
42. A Boy's Song 50
JAMES HOGG
43. Buttercups and Daisies 51
MARY HOWITT
44. The Rainbow 53
THOMAS CAMPBELL
45. Old Ironsides 53
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
46. Little Orphant Annie 54
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
47. O Captain! My Captain! 57
WALT WHITMAN
48. Ingratitude 58
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
49. The Ivy Green 59
CHARLES DICKENS
50. The Noble Nature 60
BEN JONSON
51. The Flying Squirrel 60
MARY E. BURT
52. Warren's Address 63
JOHN PIERPONT
53. The Song in Camp 64
BAYARD TAYLOR
54. The Bugle Song 66
ALFRED TENNYSON
55. The Three Bells of Glasgow 67
JOHN G. WHITTIER
56. Sheridan's Ride 68
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ
57. The Sandpiper 71
CELIA THAXTER
58. Lady Clare 72
ALFRED TENNYSON
59. The Lord of Burleigh 75
ALFRED TENNYSON
60. Hiawatha's Childhood 79
HENRY W. LONGFELLOW
61. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 82
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
62. John Barleycorn 83
ROBERT BURNS
63. A Life on the Ocean Wave 85
EPES SARGENT
64. The Death of the Old Year 86
ALFRED TENNYSON
65. Abou Ben Adhem 89
LEIGH HUNT
66. Farm-Yard Song 90
J.T. TROWBRIDGE
67. To a Mouse 92
ROBERT BURNS
68. To a Mountain Daisy 94
ROBERT BURNS
69. Barbara Frietchie 96
JOHN G. WHITTIER
PART III
70. Lochinvar 103
SIR WALTER SCOTT
71. Lord Ullin's Daughter 105
THOMAS CAMPBELL
72. The Charge of the Light Brigade 107
ALFRED TENNYSON
73. The Tournament 110
SIDNEY LANIER
74. The Wind and the Moon 111
GEORGE MACDONALD
75. Jesus the Carpenter 114
CATHERINE C. LIDDELL
76. Letty's Globe 115
CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER
77. A Dream 116
WILLIAM BLAKE
78. Heaven Is Not Reached at a Single Bound 117
J.G. HOLLAND
79. The Battle of Blenheim 117
ROBERT SOUTHEY
80. Fidelity 120
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
81. The Chambered Nautilus 122
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
82. Crossing the Bar 124
ALFRED TENNYSON
83. The Overland-Mail 125
RUDYARD KIPLING
84. Gathering Song of Donald Dhu 126
SIR WALTER SCOTT
85. Marco Bozzaris 128
FITZ-GREENE HALLECK
86. The Death of Napoleon 131
ISAAC MCCLELLAN
87. How Sleep the Brave 133
WILLIAM COLLINS
88. The Flag Goes By 133
HENRY HOLCOMB BENNETT
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