Robert Browning.
"Robert of Lincoln," by William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), is one of the finest bird poems ever written. It finds a place here because I have seen it used effectively as a memory gem in the Cook County Normal School (Colonel Parker's school), year after year, and because my own pupils invariably like to commit it to memory. With the child of six to the student of twenty years it stands a source of delight.
Merrily swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain-side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name. Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink, Snug and safe is this nest of ours, Hidden among the summer flowers. Chee, chee, chee. Robert of Lincoln is gayly dressed, Wearing a bright, black wedding-coat; White are his shoulders, and white his crest, Hear him call in his merry note, B
Philip
01/22/2022
Eleanor and I started reading this when she was three. Maybe four. It's been on my goodreads currently reading shelf since 2011. Currently-reading. Since 2011. I'm writing this in 2022, just after her 15th birthday. There are books I never wanted to rush, because rushing them felt like rushing time
Abigail
11/19/2020
This is an interesting book. There is a wide array of poems in this book. There are poems for any age, from young children just getting started on poetry, to more complex and longer poems for older children. There is also a wide range of topics in the poems. They are from many different authors as w
Sheila
07/23/2020
I must mention that this is a century old book. First published in 1900s. I read this with one sole purpose : to find good poems for my future children. And it did not dissapoint! I found a good amount of poems that I highlighted and I re-write in a cute notebook with many pictures, so that I can read
Sneh
06/15/2013
Exhaustive and a wonderful compilation , many of the poems included here were ones I read in my childhood , according it nostalgic partiality , but some new ones that I discovered like " The Arrow and the Song " - H.W. Longfellow , " How the Leaves came down "-Susan Coolidge , " The Violet"-Jane Tay
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