| Selected Vintage Poetry A collection of some of the best loved poems from the ages. |
In the days before television, radio, computers and cell phones, reading and story telling were the most sought after forms of
recreation and relaxation. Poetry was once the most popular form of reading. Everybody had their favorite authors and poems.
Everyone, it seemed, could quote a poem from memory. As a matter of fact, in the old days, poetry was required reading. In 1925 my
Mother had to memorize and recite the poem Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant when she was in the eighth grade. She never
forgot it and could quote from it all her life.
I remember when I was but a small lad. My Mother and Sisters would sometimes read poetry to me. I still can remember the chill that
ran up my spine when my sister read "Little Orphan Annie." I watched out for those goblins for the longest time. I didn't want them to
come get me and pull me up through the ceiling.
This collection of vintage poetry contains works that stood out above the thousands that have been written over the years. Some
will make you smile, some will make you cry, some may take you back to your childhood and some may even frighten you a little. There
are poems that tell stories that may inspire you. Try reading some, such as "The Owl and the Fox", to your children or grandchildren
and watch their eyes light up.
In case you should find yourself in the mood for some humor, I have included a few pages of limericks. Limericks are five line poems
that were made popular by Edward Lear in 1845 when he published his first "Book of Nonsense". This section includes some of his
original Limericks.
C. Stephen Badgley
recreation and relaxation. Poetry was once the most popular form of reading. Everybody had their favorite authors and poems.
Everyone, it seemed, could quote a poem from memory. As a matter of fact, in the old days, poetry was required reading. In 1925 my
Mother had to memorize and recite the poem Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant when she was in the eighth grade. She never
forgot it and could quote from it all her life.
I remember when I was but a small lad. My Mother and Sisters would sometimes read poetry to me. I still can remember the chill that
ran up my spine when my sister read "Little Orphan Annie." I watched out for those goblins for the longest time. I didn't want them to
come get me and pull me up through the ceiling.
This collection of vintage poetry contains works that stood out above the thousands that have been written over the years. Some
will make you smile, some will make you cry, some may take you back to your childhood and some may even frighten you a little. There
are poems that tell stories that may inspire you. Try reading some, such as "The Owl and the Fox", to your children or grandchildren
and watch their eyes light up.
In case you should find yourself in the mood for some humor, I have included a few pages of limericks. Limericks are five line poems
that were made popular by Edward Lear in 1845 when he published his first "Book of Nonsense". This section includes some of his
original Limericks.
C. Stephen Badgley
ISBN 1440433917 Copyright © 2008 by Badgley Publishing Company. All rights reserved. EAN 9781440433917
A Dutch Lullaby
Eugene Field
A Georgia Volunteer
Mary Ashland Townsend
Always Finish
Unknown
America the Beautiful
Katherine Lee Bates
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allen Poe
Annie and Willie's Prayers
Sophia P. Snow
Beth-Gelert
William Robert Spencer
Casabianca
Felicia Hemens
Casey at the Bat
Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Casey's Revenge
James Wilson
Casey Twenty Years Later
S. P. McDonald
Christmas Day in the Workhouse
George R. Sims
Columbus
Joaquin Miller
Days of Birth
Unknown
Don't Quit
Unknown
Evolution
Langdon Smith
Fellowship
Unknown
Grandfather's Clock
Henry Clay Work
Guilty or Not Guilty
Unknown
Home Sweet Home
John Howard Payne
How Do I Love Thee
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How He Saved St. Michael's
Mary A. P. Stansbury
I Had but Fifty Cents
Unknown
I Shall Not Pass This Way Again
Unknown
If
Rudyard Kipling
In Flanders Field
John McCrae
Eugene Field
A Georgia Volunteer
Mary Ashland Townsend
Always Finish
Unknown
America the Beautiful
Katherine Lee Bates
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allen Poe
Annie and Willie's Prayers
Sophia P. Snow
Beth-Gelert
William Robert Spencer
Casabianca
Felicia Hemens
Casey at the Bat
Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Casey's Revenge
James Wilson
Casey Twenty Years Later
S. P. McDonald
Christmas Day in the Workhouse
George R. Sims
Columbus
Joaquin Miller
Days of Birth
Unknown
Don't Quit
Unknown
Evolution
Langdon Smith
Fellowship
Unknown
Grandfather's Clock
Henry Clay Work
Guilty or Not Guilty
Unknown
Home Sweet Home
John Howard Payne
How Do I Love Thee
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How He Saved St. Michael's
Mary A. P. Stansbury
I Had but Fifty Cents
Unknown
I Shall Not Pass This Way Again
Unknown
If
Rudyard Kipling
In Flanders Field
John McCrae
In Sorrow
Thomas Hastings
Invictus
William Ernest Henley
It Couldn't be Done
Edgar A. Guest
John Maynard
Horatio Alger Jr.
Judged by the Company We keep
Unknown
Katie Lee and Willie Grey
Josie R. Hunt and T. H Pixley
Kentucky Belle
Constance Fenimore Woolson
Little Boy Blue
Eugene Field
Little Orphan Annie
James Whitcomb Riley
Lorena
H. D. L. Webster
New Friend and Old Friends
Joseph Parry
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Robert Frost
Ostler Joe
George R. Sims
Out There Somewhere
Henry Herbert Knibbs
Over the Hill to the Poorhouse
Will M. Carleton
Paul Revere's Ride
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Said the Rose
George H. Miles
Somebody's Darling
Marie Ravenal de Lacoste
Thanatopsis
William Cullen Bryan
The Bank Thief
J. R. Farrell
The Battle of Blenheim
Robert Southey
The Blackberry Girl
Nancy Dennis Sproat
The Blind Men and the Elephant
John Godfrey Saxe
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Face Upon the Floor
H. Antoine D'Arcy
The Hellbound Train
Unknown
Thomas Hastings
Invictus
William Ernest Henley
It Couldn't be Done
Edgar A. Guest
John Maynard
Horatio Alger Jr.
Judged by the Company We keep
Unknown
Katie Lee and Willie Grey
Josie R. Hunt and T. H Pixley
Kentucky Belle
Constance Fenimore Woolson
Little Boy Blue
Eugene Field
Little Orphan Annie
James Whitcomb Riley
Lorena
H. D. L. Webster
New Friend and Old Friends
Joseph Parry
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Robert Frost
Ostler Joe
George R. Sims
Out There Somewhere
Henry Herbert Knibbs
Over the Hill to the Poorhouse
Will M. Carleton
Paul Revere's Ride
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Said the Rose
George H. Miles
Somebody's Darling
Marie Ravenal de Lacoste
Thanatopsis
William Cullen Bryan
The Bank Thief
J. R. Farrell
The Battle of Blenheim
Robert Southey
The Blackberry Girl
Nancy Dennis Sproat
The Blind Men and the Elephant
John Godfrey Saxe
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Face Upon the Floor
H. Antoine D'Arcy
The Hellbound Train
Unknown
The Indian Hunter
Eliza Cook
The Lake of the Dismal Swamp
Thomas Moore
The Last Hymn
Marianne Farningham
The Loom of Time
Unknown
The Mistletoe Bough
Thomas Haynes Bayly
The Owl and the Fox
Unknown
The Owl and the Pussycat
Edward Lear
The Path that Leads to Nowhere
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
The Raven
Edgar Allen Poe
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
The Touch of the Master's Hand
Myra Brooks Welch
The Unknown Soldier
Billy Rose
The Vagabonds
John Townsend Trowbridge
The Village Smithy
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Yarn of the Nancy Bell
W. S. Gilbert
Trees
Joyce Kilmer
Twenty Years Ago
Dill Armor Smith
Two Pictures
Unknown
Walk Slowly
Adelide Love
What We Think
Oliver Wendell Holmes
When We Two Parted
Lord Byron
Will You Love Me When I'm Old
Unknown
Woodman, Spare that Tree
George Perkins Morris
Young Charlotte
Unknown
Limericks
Various authors
Eliza Cook
The Lake of the Dismal Swamp
Thomas Moore
The Last Hymn
Marianne Farningham
The Loom of Time
Unknown
The Mistletoe Bough
Thomas Haynes Bayly
The Owl and the Fox
Unknown
The Owl and the Pussycat
Edward Lear
The Path that Leads to Nowhere
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
The Raven
Edgar Allen Poe
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
The Touch of the Master's Hand
Myra Brooks Welch
The Unknown Soldier
Billy Rose
The Vagabonds
John Townsend Trowbridge
The Village Smithy
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Yarn of the Nancy Bell
W. S. Gilbert
Trees
Joyce Kilmer
Twenty Years Ago
Dill Armor Smith
Two Pictures
Unknown
Walk Slowly
Adelide Love
What We Think
Oliver Wendell Holmes
When We Two Parted
Lord Byron
Will You Love Me When I'm Old
Unknown
Woodman, Spare that Tree
George Perkins Morris
Young Charlotte
Unknown
Limericks
Various authors
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