Poetry for Children

To the Gentle Reader

CONTENTS

THE FIRST TOOTH

THE BOY AND THE SKYLARK A FABLE

THE RAINBOW

QUEEN ORIANA’S DREAM

THE SISTER’S EXPOSTULATION ON THE BROTHER’S LEARNING LATIN

THE BROTHER’S REPLY

ON THE LORD’S PRAYER

DAVID IN THE CAVE OF ADULLAM

CLEANLINESS

TO A RIVER IN WHICH A CHILD WAS DROWNED

THE BOY AND SNAKE

THE BEASTS IN THE TOWER

TIME SPENT IN DRESS

A BALLAD: NOTING THE DIFFERENCE OF RICH AND POOR, IN THE WAYS OF A RICH NOBLE’S PALACE AND A POOR WORKHOUSE To the tune of the “Old and Young Courtier.”

THE BROKEN DOLL

GOING INTO BREECHES

THE THREE FRIENDS

MEMORY

SALOME

THE PEACH

THE MAGPIE’S NEST A FABLE

NURSING

THE ROOK AND THE SPARROWS

FEIGNED COURAGE

HESTER

HELEN

THE BEGGAR MAN

BREAKFAST

THE COFFEE SLIPS

WRITTEN IN THE FIRST LEAF OF A CHILD’S MEMORANDUM BOOK

ENVY

DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MOTHER & CHILD

THE FIRST SIGHT OF GREEN FIELDS

LINES SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF TWO FEMALES BY LEONARDO DA VINCI

LINES ON THE SAME PICTURE BEING REMOVED TO MAKE PLACE FOR A PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY TITIAN

LINES ON THE CELEBRATED PICTURE BY LEONARDO DA VINCI, CALLED THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS

ON THE SAME

A VISION OF REPENTANCE

Transcriber’s Notes