Here is an inviting introduction to poetry. And those who already know the delights of poetry will welcome this collection of both little-known and well-loved poems that tell a story.
There are poems just for fun by such masters of nonsense as Hilaire Belloc, Lewis Carroll, W. S. Gilbert, Edward Lear, and Ogden Nash.
Readers will be swept along by the romantic story poems of Lord Byron, Robert Browning, and Walt Whitman, and their fiery descriptions of long-ago battles—for country and for love.
There are poems for all ages and all interests: poems of romance and enchant ment, poems about rogues and rovers, poems of birds and beasts, and poems to celebrate the Christmas season.
Miss Parker is an avid reader of poetry and has selected the verses for this book with taste and love. A bookseller for many years, she knows well what will appeal to children, parents, and teachers. Here is a varied compilation that will bring many hours of reading pleasure.
It is a book to read to one's self and to read aloud to others.
—from the dust jacket
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