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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth / Famous Poems, Poems, Poems on Nature Download PDFDownload ePubDownload mobi I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the…
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Amoretti: Sonnet 34 by Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser Like as a ship, that through the ocean wide, By conduct of some star, doth make her way, Whenas a storm hath dimmed her trusty guide, Out of her course doth wander far astray: So I, whose star, that wont with her bright ray Me to direct, with clouds is overcast, Do wander…
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Song of Myself by Walt Whitman
I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul,I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air,Born here of…
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Lines on Nonsense by Eliza Lee Follen
Yes, nonsense is a treasure!I love it from my heart;The only earthly pleasureThat never will depart. But, as for stupid reason,That stalking, ten-foot rule,She’s always out of season,A tedious, testy fool. She’s like a walking steeple,With a clock for face and eyes,Still bawling to all people,Time bids us to be wise. While nonsense on the…
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The Three Little Kittens by Eliza Lee Follen
Three little kittensThey lost their mittens,And they began to cry,Oh, mother dear,We sadly fearOur mittens we have lost.What! lost your mittens,You naughty kittens!Then you shall have no pie.Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.No, you shall have no pie. The three little kittensThey found their mittens,And they began to cry,Oh, mother dear,See here, see here,Our mittens we have found.Put…
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The Monkeys and the Bears by Eliza Lee Follen
The monkeys, ’tis said, once asked of the bears,How it was that their nation so much surpassed theirs,And begged that the means they would graciously tellBy which the young bears were kept hearty and well.“Perhaps it may be,” said one of the mothers,Who seemed more considerate and wise than the others,“Perhaps,” said she, trembling at…
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The Old and New Shoes by Eliza Lee Follen
“Good bye, get away, you ugly old things!”Said a little boy once to his shoes;“All stubbed are your toes, all twisted your strings,You’re wrinkled, one-sided, and loose. “But here are my new ones, so shiny and bright,They are almost as smooth as my skin;How stiff they are, too! how straight and upright!How snug my feet…
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Billy Rabbit to Mary by Eliza Lee Follen
[Billy Rabbit was a little rabbit which a boy caught in the woods, and gave to a little girl of the name of Mary. She was very attentive to the little prisoner, gave him an abundance of good things to eat, and tried her best to make him happy; but all in vain. After many…
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Little Roland by Eliza Lee Follen
Lady Bertha sat in the rocky cleft,Her bitter woes to weep;Little Roland played in the free fresh air;His sorrows were not deep. “My royal brother, O King Charles,Why did I fly from thee?Splendor and rank I left for love;Now thou art wroth with me. “O Milon, Milon, husband dear!Beneath the waves art thou;For love I…
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Learned Fred by Eliza Lee Follen
One short six months had scarcely gone,When, full of all he’d learned,Young Frederick, that hopeful son,From college home returned. To his paternal roof restored,It was not long beforeThe learned man at table pouredThe treasures of his lore. “Now,” said the youngster, “father dear,You doubtless think you seeTwo roasted fowls before us here;But I say there…