The night is come, but not too soon,
And sinking silently,
All silently, the little moon
Drops down behind the sky.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The more he heard, the less he spoke.
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
Why aren't we like that wise old bird?
-Author Unknown
And sinking silently,
All silently, the little moon
Drops down behind the sky.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Owl
There was an old owl who lived in an oak;The more he heard, the less he spoke.
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
Why aren't we like that wise old bird?
-Author Unknown
Star Light, Star Bright...
Star light, star bright,First star I've seen tonight,
Wish I may, wish I might,
Have this wish I wish tonight.
- Author Unknown
Way Down South
Way down South where bananas grow,A grasshopper stepped on an elephant's toe.
The elephant said, with tears in his eyes,
"Pick on somebody your own size."
-Author Unknown
It's Raining, It's Pouring
It's raining, it's pouring,The old man is snoring;
He went to bed and bumped his head
And couldn't get up in the morning!
-Author Unknown
There Was an Old Man
There was an Old Man with a beard,Who said, "It is just as I feared!-
Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"
-Edward Lear
What Is a Butterfly?
What is a butterfly? At bestHe's but a caterpillar dressed.
-Author Unknown
Firefly
A little light is going by,
Is going up to see the sky,
A little light with wings.
I never could have thought of it,
To have a little bug all lit
And made to go on wings.
-Elizabeth Madox Roberts
The Robin
When up aloftI fly and fly,
I see in pools
The shining sky,
And a happy bird
Am I, am I!
-Thomas Hardy
A Fly and a Flea in a Flue
A fly and a flea in a flueWere imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "Let us flee!"
"Let us fly!" said the flea,
And they flew through a flaw in the flue.
-Author Unknown
Weather
Whether the weather be fineOr whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.
-Author Unknown
Thirty Days Hath September
Thirty days hath September,April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone,
And that has twenty-eight days clear
And twenty-nine in each leap year.
-Author Unknown
I Shall Not Live in Vain
If I can stop one Heart from breakingI shall not live in vain
If I can ease one Life the Aching
Or cool one Pain
Or help one fainting Robin
Unto his Nest again
I shall not live in Vain.
-Emily Dickinson
Hurt No Living Thing
Hurt no living thing;Ladybird, nor butterfly
Nor moth with dusty wing,
Nor cricket chirping cheerily,
Nor grasshopper so light of leap,
Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat,
Nor harmless worms that creep.
-Christina Rossetti
The Little Turtle
There was a little turtle.He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he didn't catch me.
-Vachel Lindsay
There was an Old Man of Dumbree
Who taught little owls to drink tea;For he said, "To eat mice,
Is not proper or nice,"
That amiable Man of Dumbree.
-Edward Lear
There was an old woman tossed up in a basket
Nineteen times as high as the moon;
Where she was going I couldn't but ask it,
For in her hand she carried a broom.
"Old Woman, old woman, old woman," said I,
"Oh where, Oh where, Oh where, so high?"
"To brush the cobwebs off the sky!"
"Shall I go with you?" "Yes, by-and by."
-Author Unknown
Boats sail on the rivers,
And ships sail on the seas;
But clouds that sail across the sky
Are prettier far than these.
There are bridges on the rivers,
As pretty as you please;
But the bow that bridges heaven,
And overtops the trees,
And builds a road from earth to sky,
Is prettier far than these.
-Christina Rossetti
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Now the darkness gathers,
Stars begin to peep,
Birds and beasts and flowers
Soon will be asleep.
-Sabine Baring-Gould
red with black spot are you,
climbing up that rose
you are in view.
Ladybug, ladybug,
oh where are you now-
the sun is down,
I don't see you around;
Tucked away
inside a rose,
do you lay
sleeping sound?
Down a country lane
or on my window pane,
do not let me look in vain...
oh ladybug, ladybug
please come back again.
- Marie Lawrence
Where she was going I couldn't but ask it,
For in her hand she carried a broom.
"Old Woman, old woman, old woman," said I,
"Oh where, Oh where, Oh where, so high?"
"To brush the cobwebs off the sky!"
"Shall I go with you?" "Yes, by-and by."
-Author Unknown
Boats sail on the rivers,
And ships sail on the seas;
But clouds that sail across the sky
Are prettier far than these.
There are bridges on the rivers,
As pretty as you please;
But the bow that bridges heaven,
And overtops the trees,
And builds a road from earth to sky,
Is prettier far than these.
-Christina Rossetti
Now the Day Is Over
Now the day is over,Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Now the darkness gathers,
Stars begin to peep,
Birds and beasts and flowers
Soon will be asleep.
-Sabine Baring-Gould
Ladybug, Oh Where Are You?
Ladybug, ladybug,red with black spot are you,
climbing up that rose
you are in view.
Ladybug, ladybug,
oh where are you now-
the sun is down,
I don't see you around;
Tucked away
inside a rose,
do you lay
sleeping sound?
Down a country lane
or on my window pane,
do not let me look in vain...
oh ladybug, ladybug
please come back again.
- Marie Lawrence
Oh, Fair to See
Oh, fair to see
Bloom-laden cherry tree,
Arrayed in sunny white:
An April day's delight,
Oh, fair to see!
Oh, fair to see
Fruit-laden cherry tree,
With balls of shining red
Decking a leafy head,
Oh, fair to see!
-Christina Rossetti
Cats Are Wonderful Friends
Gentle eyes that see so much,paws that have the quiet touch,
Purrs to signal "all is well"
and show more love than words could tell.
Graceful movements touched with pride,
a calming presence by our side -
A friendship that takes time to grow -
Small wonder why we love them so.
- Author Unknown
Bedtime
The evening is coming,The sun sinks to rest;
The rooks are all flying
Straight home to the nest.
"Caw!" says the rook, as he flies overhead;
"It's time little people were going to bed!"
Good-night, little people,
Good-night, and good-night;
Sweet dreams to your eyelids
Till dawning of light;
The evening has come, there's no more to be said;
It's time little people were going to bed!
-Thomas Hood
The Wind
Who has seen the wind?Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling
The wind is passing through.
Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I;
But when the trees bow down their heads
The wind is passing by.
-Christina Rossetti
Snow
Snow descends sugar softlyAnd whirling white begins to spin
The highlands drift unevenly
Like brocaded silk and satin.
Great mounds of frost flow gently
Covering hill and dale as well;
For flakes of quiet beauty
Care little where they dwell.
Snow crystals fall so easily
Always in fantastic shapes,
Designs that dance so gracefully
In delicate cloud-escapes.
Icy castles everywhere
Hear all the children laughing,
Warm music fills the air
With the sweetness of their singing.
-Stephen Titra
The Swing
How do you like to go up in a swing,Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air
and over the wall
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside-
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown-
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Spring
Sound the flute!Now it's mute.
Birds delight
Day and Night;
Nightingale
In the dale,
Lark in Sky,
Merrily,
Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the Year.
Little Boy,
Full of joy;
Little Girl,
Sweet and small;
Cock does crow,
So do you;
Merry voice,
Infant noise,
Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the Year.
Little Lamb
Here I am;
Come and lick
My white neck;
Let me pull
Your soft Wool;
Let me kiss
Your soft face;
Merrily, merrily, we welcome in the Year.
-William Blake
Bed in Summer
In winter I get up at nightAnd dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer, quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.
I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people's feet
Still going past me in the street.
And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I would like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?
-Robert Louis Stevenson
The March Wind
I come to work as well as play;I'll tell you what I do;
I whistle all the live-long day,
"Woo-oo-oo-oo! Woo-oo!"
I toss the branches up and down
And shake them to and fro,
I whirl the leaves in flocks of brown,
And send them high and low.
I strew the twigs upon the ground,
The frozen earth I sweep;
I blow the children round and round
And wake the flowers from sleep.
-Author Unknown
If I Could Fly
I wish I had wings,So I could fly,
Wherever, whenever,
However high.
Over the schoolyard,
Over the pond,
I'd fly to the clouds,
And way beyond!
Birds might well wonder
Who I could be,
Kicking and spinning,
And shouting out, "Wheee!"
I'd float on the air
And wave to the ground;
I'd jump off a swing,
And zoom up, uP, UP-
Not
down.
I'd soar with the wind
As far as it goes,
And tickle the treetops
With my bare toes.
-Louise Betts Evan
A Child's Thought
At seven, when I go to bed,I find such pictures in my head:
Castles with dragons prowling round,
Gardens where magic fruits are found;
Fair ladies prisoned in a tower,
Or lost in an enchanted bower;
While gallant horsemen ride by streams
That border all this land of dreams
I find so clearly in my head
At seven, when I go to bed.
-Robert Lous Stevenson
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