To a Baby

 

To a Baby *

by Anonymous

WHERE did you come from, Baby dear? 
'Out of the everywhere, into here. 

Where did you get your eyes so blue? 

'Out of the sky, as I came through.'

What makes the light in them sparkle and spin? 

'Some of the starry spikes left in.'

What makes your forehead so smooth and high? 

'A soft hand stroked it as I came by.' 

Where did you get that little tear? 

'I found it waiting, when I got here.' 

What makes your cheek like a warm, white rose? 

'I saw something better than anyone knows.' 

Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss? 

'Three angels gave me at once a kiss.' 

Where did you get this pearly ear? 

'God spoke and it came out to hear.'

*- The Editor trusts she is not infringing any copyright in inserting this quaint and beautiful little poem, the authorship of which is unknown to her.

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References

1.Friendly leaves 1882  

2. FLORA AND SYLVA 1903

St Cross

 

St Cross 

by LONGFELLOW 

Who built it? 

A great master of his craft, 
. . . .but not he alone,

For many generations laboured with him. 

Children that came to see these saints in stone, 

As day by day out of the blocks they rose, 

Grew old and died, and still the work went on. 

. . . .The architect 

Built his great heart into the sculptured stones, 

And with him toiled, his children and their lives 

Were builded with his own, into the walls, 

As offerings unto God. 

                               LONGFELLOW 

References:

Friendly Leaves 1882

 

New Year

 

New Year 

by  E. ELLIOTT 

WILL the New Year bring greetings 
Blithesome and gay?

Long-looked-for meetings, 

Joy's sunny day?

Father, we know not, 

Coming joys show not; 

Hear our entreatings, 

Choose Thou the way!

Will the New Year bring weeping, 

Sorrow's increase?

Will the New Year bring sleeping, 

Quiet release?

Father, most tender, 

We can but render 

All to Thy keeping; 

Grant us Thy peace.      

References:

1.FRIENDLY LEAVES 1881 EDITED BY ME TOWNSEND 1882

2.THE EVERY DAY BOOK OR Everlasting Calendar OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS SPORTS PASTIMES CEREMONIES MANNERS CUSTOMS AND EVENTS INCIDENT TO EACH OF THE THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DAYS IN PAST AND PRESENT TIMES FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE YEAR MONTHS & SEASONS AND A PERPETUAL KEY TO THE ALMANACK INCLUDING ACCOUNTS OF THE WEATHER RULES FOR HEALTH AND CONDUCT REMARKABLE AND IMPORTANT ANECDOTES FACTS AND NOTICES IN CHRONOLOGY ANTIQUITIES TOPOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHY NATURAL HISTORY ART SCIENCE AND GENERAL LITERATURE DERIVED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES AND VALUABLE ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH POETICAL ELUCIDATIONS FOR DAILY USE AND DIVERSION BY WILLIAM HONE ۱ 

LEGEND OF THE PRIMROSE

 

LEGEND OF THE PRIMROSE 

BY ALICE J. CLEATOR, OHIO 

ONCE the primrose, it is said, 
In the days of long ago 

Was as white as wind-blown snow. 

"Primrose, O how pale you are! 

Really you are quite absurd." 

Cried the blossoms near and far.

 White as morning's fading star 

Primrose answered not a word. 

But one day the kindly sun 

Changed the primrose's pallid hue 

To a color bright and new. 

Swift her petals wore the gleam 

Of the sunshine's golden beam. 

In delight the blossoms cried 

"Primrose, you re the garden's pride!"

References:

The Mayflower 1904

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE ROSE

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE ROSE 

THE lily has an air, 
And the snowdrop a grace, 

And the sweat pea a way,

And the heartsease a face,- 

Yet there's nothing like the rose

 When she blows.  

        CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI 

The roses upon the cross represent the problem of Initiation. The rose is the symbol dawn, being sacred to aurora and the sun, the mercy of Venus. Adonis was changed into rose. We know of the three mystical roses:

 first the Choir of Martyrs 

the second the Mystica the Virgin of Virgins and the 

the mediator between God and man or the  Rose of Sharon 

References:

1. The Primary Plan Book 1912

2. RAYS FROM THE ROSE Of The CROSS 

3.  FLORA'S INTERPRETER OR THE AMERICAN BOOK OF FLOWERS AND SENTIMENTS BY MRS S J HALE EDITOR OF THE LADIES MAGAZINE AND AUTHOR OF NORTHWOOD SKETCHES OF AMERICAN CHARACTER & c 

THE SUGAR PLUM TREE

 

THE SUGAR PLUM TREE -A POEM

From Fifth Reader Rational Method Reading by Silver Burdett & Company By permission 

Have you ever heard of the Sugar-plum Tree? 
Tis a marvel of great renown! 

It blooms on the shore of Lollipop Sea, 

In the garden of Shut-Eye Town; 

The fruit it bears is so wondrously sweet 

(As those who have tested it say), 

That good little children have only to eat 

Of that fruit to be happy next day.

 

When you ve got to the tree you will have 

hard time 

To capture the fruit; which I sing; 

The tree is so tall that no person could 

To the boughs where the sugar-plums swing!

 But up in that tree sits a chocolate cat, 

And a gingerbread dog prowls below; 

And this is the way you contrive to get at 

Those sugar plums tempting you so;  

There are marshmallows, gumdrops, and peppermint canes 

With stripings of scarlet and gold,

And you carry away of the treasure that rains 

As much as your apron can hold! 

So come, little child, cuddle closer to me 

In your dainty white nightcap and gown, 

And I ll rock you away to that Sugar plum 

Tree In the garden of Shut Eye 

                          By     Town Eugene Field 

References:

1.ROCKY MOUNTAIN EDUCATOR 1907

2.The Dwarfs Tailor And Others Fairy Tales from all Nations Collected by Zoe Dana Underhill London Osgood McIlvaine & Co 45 Albemarle Street W 1897 

JUNE

 

JUNE - THE POEM

by FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN 

O June delicious month of June, 
When winds and birds all sing in tune;

When in the meadows swarm the bees 

And hum their drowsy melodies; 

O June! the month of bluest skies, 

Dear to the pilgrim butterflies,

Who seem gay colored leaves astray, 

Blown down the amber tides of day; 

O June! the month of merry song, 

Of shadow brief, of sunshine long;

All things on earth love you best, 

The bird who carols near his nest; 

The wind that wakes and singing blows 

The spicy perfume of the rose; 

And bee who sounds his muffled horn  

And bee who sounds his muffled horn 

To celebrate the dewy morn 

And even all the stars above 

At night as happier for love, 

As if the mellow notes of mirth 

Were wafted to them from the earth. 

O June! such music haunts your name, 

With you the summer's chorus came. 

References:

1. The Primary Plan Book 1912

THE MEADOWLARK - THE RECITATION WITH MUSIC

 

THE MEADOWLARK - THE RECITATION WITH MUSIC

by ANNE WAKELY JACKSON 

OF COURSE you know the Meadowlark; 
He wears a vest of yellow, 
A trim striped coat and jet black tie- 
He is a handsome fellow.

When Spring comes tripping down this way, 

He takes up his position 

Upon a roadside post and sings,

For he's a good musician.

And maybe he will sing like this:

Or maybe like this other:

And then, perhaps, across the road, 

You ll hear this from his brother:

And, if you listen carefully, 

Way off, you ll hear his cousin

For Meadowlarks 

Can sing songs by the dozen.

They also make whole meals of bugs, 

So we should all protect them. 

The farmer knows they are his friends! 

In March we may expect them.

Reference:

JOHN The Child's Magazine HELEN WALDO and JOHN MARTIN EDITORS 1929

       

THE RAILROAD TRAIN - A POEM

 

THE RAILROAD TRAIN - A POEM

by L.L. Norton 

I WILL sing you a song of the railroad train, 
With a ch', ch', ch', and a ch', ch', ch', 
It s puffing along through the sun and the rain, 
With a ch', ch', ch', and a ch', ch', ch'! 

When it strikes a switch at a slower gait,

 There's a clack, clack, clack, and a clack, clack, clack,

And it's in for a five or a ten minute wait, 

With a clack, clack, clack, and a clack, clack, clack! 

Then it s off again at a wonderful pace, 

With a toot, toot, toot, and a toot, toot, toot, 

Look out for the cinders right in your face, 

With a toot, toot, toot, and a toot, toot, toot! 

Now the train s coming in with a ringing bell, 

With a ding, dong, ding, and a ding, dong, ding, 

And the people are ready to rush, pell-mell, 

At its ding, dong, ding, and ding, dong, ding! 

Oh, ho! but I like the railroad train

With its ch', ch', ch', and its clack, clack, clack, 

And its toot, toot, too, with might and with main, 

And its ding, dong, ding, to clear the track! 

Reference:

Little Folks May 1905

Mother - A Poem

 Mother 

By Annie Winfrey Meek 

My Mother dear is sweeter far 
Than all the lovely ladies are. 
Kindness is written on her face; 
She scatters joy in every place; 

She makes, wherever she may be, 

A glad and happy place for me. 

Her hands are swift, her heart is 

High honor ever is her due; 

My love is hers, and year by year 

She seems more lovely and more dear.

References:

NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS May 1925

May's Tribute

 May's Tribute  -DECORATION DAY- MEMORIAL DAY 

By Helen L Smith 

We deck with flags and strew with flowers 
The sod where sleep those men of ours- 
The heroes of the nation, who 

Gave, when its need of men they knew, 

Themselves, as brave men dare to do. 

From staff and spire hang banners 

low;

We follow drumbeats hushed and slow.

The very birds, it seems to me, 

Sing with a softer melody. 

The breezes, laden with perfume, 

From garden growth and wayside

 bloom, 

Bestir the young leaves tenderly,

 And drift beneath the apple tree 

Its fallen blossoms, like a mass 

Of tinted snow, upon the grass, 

The sunbeams on the greensward play.

Her finest and her fairest May 

Giveth for Decoration Day.   

References:

1.NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS May 1929   

2. WORLD BOOK VOL. III  

SONG FOR ARBOR DAY

 SONG FOR ARBOR DAY  

Tune: Columbia the Gem of the Ocean 

We are clapping our hands, gayly clap-

ping,

 For Arbor Day fair now is here. 
The raindrops have come softly tapping 
   And brought us the violets dear. 
Then sing for the trees bending o'er us,
 And sing for the blossoms so gay. 
We lift all our voices in chorus 
And sing of our glad Arbor Day. 

ARBOR DAY AND EASTER RECITATIONS 

FOR AUDITORIUM OR SPECIAL DAY PROGRAMS 

FOR ALL GRADES 

Themes: Arbor Day, Civic Education, April, Nature Studies, Music, Drama, Literature, Poetry

References:

1. THE GRADE TEACHER APRIL 1931

2.THE SPIRIT OF THE NATION 1918