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Klappentext This 1927 anthology was created to provide children from seven to eleven years of age with an introduction to poetry. Zusammenfassung First published in 1927! this anthology was created to provide children from seven to eleven years of age with an introduction to poetry. At the time of its original publication! the selection was unusual for containing a high proportion of works by contemporary writers! together with numerous old favourites. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Cradle song; 2. Minnie and Winnie; 3. Ring o' roses; 4. English lullaby; 5. Highland lullaby; 6. South African lullaby; 7. Indian lullaby; 8. Japanese lullaby; 9. Dutch lullaby; 10. Baby seed song; 11. A cradle song; 12. Wynken, Blynken and Nod; 13. Baby; 14. Little white; 15. The poet and the child; 16. The lamb; 17. Nurse's song; 18. My shadow; 19. The land of story-books; 20. Hiawatha's childhood; 21. Romance; 22. Invitation; 23. Fairy music; 24. The fairy ring; 25. The fairy lough; 26. The fairies; 27. The fairy life; 28. A fairy lullaby; 29. A faery song; 30. Queen Mab; 31. The Puk-Wudjes; 32. When I was six; 33. Seven times one; 34. The moon; 35. The great bear; 36. Star talk; 37. The wind; 38. The sound of the wind; 39. Windy nights; 40. The sick wind; 41. Wind's work; 42. The hills; 43. A child's prayer; 44. A child's thought of God; 45. A child's hymn; 46. What the birds say; 47. The little red lark; 48. The fifteen acres; 49. When Mary goes walking; 50. Michael's song; 51. A boy's song; 52. The caravan; 53. The ship of yule; 54. Suppose; 55. The King of China's daughter; 56. The Princess Ming; 57. The early morning; 58. Pippa's song; 59. The miracle; 60. First spring morning; 61. Spring; 62. Oxfordshire children's May song (Country rime); 63. Child's song in spring; 64. The voice of spring; 65. Bluebell song; 66. Golden weed; 67. Sherwood; 68. Summer changes; 69. Robin Redbreast; 70. Alms in autumn; 71. The little green orchard; 72. Ariel's songs; 73. Winter; 74. The owl; 75. The merman; 76. Sleeping sea; 77. The little waves of Breffny; 78. The house and the road; 79. Home is best; 80. Wander-thirst; 81. My heart's in the highlands; 82. Elderado; 83. Will ever?; 84. Time you old gipsy man; 85. Rilloby-Rill; 86. The seven fiddlers; 87. The crowning of dreaming John; 88. Romance; 89. Tir Na N-og; 90. Child's song; 91. A child's walking song; 92. The fountain; 93. The brook; 94. Raptures; 95. The begger maid; 96. Goldenhair; 97. Meg Merrilies; 98. The ship of Rio; 99. Tim, an Irish terrier; 100. The Kerry cow; 101. Bethlehem; 102. How far is it to Bethlehem?; 103. A child's song of Christmas; 104. A Christmas carol; 105. The winds of Bethlehem; 106. The carol of the poor children; 107. Little Jesus; Index....
