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The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children

by Kenneth GRAHAME (1859 - 1932)

Draw a Pail of Water

A collection of poems, many well-known or by famous writers for children, celebrating the joys of life for children and avoiding the all-too-common subject of death. Selected and edited by Kenneth Grahame. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

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Listen next episodes of The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children:
A Boy's Song by James Hogg , A Child's Present by R. Herrick , A Christmas Carol by R. Herrick , A Girl's Song by Thomas Moore , A Prescription for a Spring Morning by John Davidson , A Wish by Samuel Rogers , All Busy , Black Bunny by W.B. Rands , Blow, Wind, Blow , Bunches of Grapes by Walter Ramal , Buttercups and Daisies by Mary Howitt , Christmas Eve by John Davidson , Columbus by Joaquin Miller , Contentment by Eugene Field , Cradle Song , Cradle Song by Sir Walter Scott , Daffodils by W. Shakespeare , Daffodils by W. Wordsworth , Death of Oberon by G.W. Thornbury , Farewell to the Fairies by Richard Corbet , Glad Day by W.G. Robertson , Good-Night! by A. and J. Taylor , Horatius by Lord Macaulay , I Had a Dove by J. Keats , I Have a Little Sister , I Saw a Ship A-Sailing , In Marble Walls , Kilmeny by James Hogg , Kitty by Mrs. E. Prentiss , Kitty: How to Treat Her , Kitty: What She Thinks of Herself by W.B. Rands , Mother and I by Eugene Field , My Maid Mary , Poor Robin , Ring o' Roses by W.G. Robertson , Robin Redbreast by W. Allingham , Sand Castles by W.G. Robertson , Shakespeare's Fairies by W. Shakespeare , Sheridan's Ride by T. Buchanan Read , Spring's Procession by Sydney Dobell , Sweet and Low by Lord Tennyson , The Bird-Scarer's Song , The Butterfly's Ball by W. Roscoe , The Call of the Woods by W. Shakespeare , The Country Faith by Norman Gale , The Cow by A. and J. Taylor , The Cuckoo , The Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord Byron , The Drummer-Boy and the Shepherdess by W.B. Rands , The Fairies by W. Allingham , The Four Sweet Months by R. Herrick , The Happy Piper by William Blake , The Knight of Bethlehem by H.N. Maugham , The Lamb by William Blake , The Land of Dreams by William Blake , The Land of Story-Books by R.L. Stevenson , The Lavender Beds by W.B. Rands , The Merry Month of March by W. Wordsworth , The Months by Sara Coleridge , The Moon by Eliza Lee Follen , The Nut-Tree , The Peace-Giver by A.C. Swinburne , The Sea Shell by Amy Lowell , The Skylark by James Hogg , The Star by A. and J. Taylor , The Tiger by William Blake , The Wind and the Fisherman , The Wind in a Frolic by William Howitt , Three Things to Remember by William Blake , To a Singer by P.B. Shelley , To Daffodils by R. Herrick , What the Birds Say by S.T. Coleridge , Winter Has Come , Wishing by W. Allingham , Wynken, Blynken and Nod by Eugene Field