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Child's Garden of Verses, A (Poetry)
 

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Poetry
Childrens

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# Date Publisher Binding Cover
1 1921-00-00  

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A collection of poems to celebrate childhood. From the make-believe world of "The Land of Counterpane" to the simple pleasure of "At the Seaside", the curiosity of "Auntie's Skirts" to the dreams of "Foreign Lands", these poems capture a child's wonder and fascination with everyday things.

Contents:

•To Alison Cunningham
•Bed In Summer
•A Thought
•At The Sea-Side
•Young Night-Thought
•Whole Duty of Children
•Rain
•Pirate Story
•The Sun Travels
•Windy Nights
•Travel
•Singing
•Looking Forward
•A Good Play
•Where Go The Boats?
•Auntie's Skirts
•The Land of Counterpane
•My Shadow
•The Land of Nod
•System
•A Good Boy
•Escape at Bedtime
•Marching Song
•The Cow
•Happy Thought
•The Wind
•Keepsake Mill
•Good and Bad Children
•Foreign Children
•Foreign Lands
•The Lamplighter
•My Bed is a Boat
•The Moon
•The Swing
•Looking-Glass River
•The Hayloft
•From a Railway Carriage
•Winter-Time
•Time to Rise
•Fairy Bread
•Farewell to the Farm
•North-West Passage
◦Good-Night
◦Shadow March
◦In Port

The Child Alone

•The Unseen Playmate
•My Ship and I
•My Kingdom
•My Treasures
•Picture-Books In Winter
•Block City
•The Land of Story-Books
•Armies In the Fire
•The Little Land

Garden Days

•Night And Day
•Nest Eggs
•The Flowers
•Summer Sun
•The Dumb Soldier
•Autumn Fires
•The Gardner
•Historical Associations

Envoys

•To Willie and Henrietta
•To My Mother
•To Auntie
•To Minnie
•To My Name-Child
•To Any Reader
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