Easy Poetry for Children, a Selection (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE ROBIN. See, mamma, what a sweet little prize I have found ! A robin that lay half-benumbed on the ground. I caught him and fed him and warmed in my breast, And now he's as nimble and blithe as the best. Look, look, how he flutters !?He'll slip from my hold: Ah, rogue! you've forgotten both hunger and cold! But indeed 'tis in vain, for I shan't set you free, For all your whole life you're a prisoner with me. Well housed and well fed, in your cage you will sing, And make our dull winter as gay as the spring. But stay, ?sure 'tis cruel, with wings made to soar, To be shut up in prison, and never fly more ! And I, who so often have longed for a flight, Shall I keep you prisoner Mamma?is it right 1 No, come, pretty robin, I must set you free, ? For your whistle, though sweet, would sound sadly to me. AlKIN. FOR A CHILD WHO HAS BEEN VERY NAUGHTY. Lord, I confess before thy face, How naughty I have been: Look down from heaven, thy dwelling-place, And pardon this my sin. Forgive my temper, Lord, I pray, My passion and my pride; The wicked words I dared to say, And wicked thoughts beside. I cannot lay me down to rest In quiet, on my bed, "Until with shame I have confest The naughty things I said. The Saviour answered not again, Nor spoke an angry word, To all the scoffs of wicked men, Although He was their Lord ! And who am I, a sinful child, Such angry words to say 1 Make me as mild as he was mild, And take my pride away. For Jesus' sake forgive my crime, And change this stubborn heart; And grant me grace another time To act a better part. Taylor. BUSY BEE. How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower....