The Children's Garland from the Best Poets

The Children's Garland from the Best Poets

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The Children's Garland from the Best Poets by Various

Chapter 1 THE CHILD AND THE PIPER

Piping down the valleys wild,

Piping songs of pleasant glee,

On a cloud I saw a child,

And he, laughing, said to me,

'Pipe a song about a lamb,'

So I piped with merry cheer;

'Piper, pipe that song again,'

So I piped, he wept to hear.

'Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe,

Sing thy songs of happy cheer.'

So I sang the same again,

While he wept with joy to hear.

'Piper, sit thee down and write

In a book that all may read.'

So he vanish'd from my sight;

And I pluck'd a hollow reed,

And I made a rural pen,

And I stain'd the water clear,

And I wrote my happy songs

Every child may joy to hear.

W. Blake

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The Children's Garland from the Best Poets
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Chapter 1 THE CHILD AND THE PIPER

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Chapter 2 ON MAY MORNING

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Chapter 3 THE APPROACH OF THE FAIRIES

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Chapter 4 ANSWER TO A CHILD'S QUESTION

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Chapter 5 THE BROOK

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Chapter 6 STARS

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Chapter 7 THE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

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Chapter 8 Marlowe

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Chapter 9 THE KITTEN AND FALLING LEAVES

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Chapter 10 THE FERRYMAN, VENUS, AND CUPID

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Chapter 11 SONG

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Chapter 12 LUCY GRAY

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Chapter 13 RAIN IN SUMMER

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Chapter 14 EPITAPH ON A HARE

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Chapter 15 ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL

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Chapter 16 LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCY

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Chapter 17 WINTER

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Chapter 18 THE INCHCAPE ROCK

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Chapter 19 WRITTEN IN MARCH

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Chapter 20 LORD RANDAL

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Chapter 21 JOHN BARLEYCORN

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Chapter 22 MARY-ANN'S CHILD

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Chapter 23 THE USEFUL PLOUGH

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Chapter 24 A WREN'S NEST

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Chapter 25 A FINE DAY

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Chapter 26 CASABIANCA

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Chapter 27 SIGNS OF RAIN

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Chapter 28 HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX

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Chapter 29 THE RAINBOW

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Chapter 30 THE RAVEN AND THE OAK

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Chapter 31 ODE TO THE CUCKOO

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Chapter 32 ROBIN HOOD AND ALLIN A DALE

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Chapter 33 VIOLETS

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Chapter 34 THE PALMER

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Chapter 35 THE FORSAKEN MERMAN

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Chapter 36 THE SANDS O' DEE

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Chapter 37 Kingsley

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Chapter 38 THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE

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Chapter 39 A SEA DIRGE

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Chapter 40 THE ANCIENT MARINER

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