POEM THREE
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR
HOW I WONDER WHAT YOU ARE
UP ABOVE THE WORLD SO HIGH
LIKE A DIAMOND IN THE SKY
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR
HOW I WONDER WHAT YOU ARE

POEM FOUR
A FLOWER BLOOMS
IN WINTER S CHILL
THOUGH DARKNESS LOOMS
IT REMAINS STILL
THROUGHOUT THE STORMS
OF SNOW AND HAIL
THE FLOWER FORMS
ITS FIGURE FRAIL
THEN SPRING TIME DAWNS
AND ON THE GROUND
FLOWER IS NOT GONE
THOUGH OTHERS ABOUND
A YOUNG MAN SEES
THE FLOWERS SWAY
WITH GENTLE BREEZE
HE WALKS THERE WAY
AND FOR HIS MAIDEN
PICKS ONE OUT
NATURE S GAME PLAYED
WITHOUT A DOUBT
A FLOWER PICKED
FOR LOVER S WILL
A FLOWER BORN
IN WINTER S CHILL

ENGLISH POEM FIVE
OVER THE YEARS
AS WE GROW OLD
WE REMEMBER OUR FATHER
SO BRAVE AND BOLD
IN THE GARDEN
LEANING ONE THE PLOW
HE WOULD LISTEN TO ME
I SEE HIM NOW
HE WOULD GIVE ADVICE
AND UNDERSTAND
HE WAS ALWAYS THERE
TO LEND A HAND
GOD MAKE FATHERS
STRONG AND FIRM
FOR HE KNEW OUR LIVES
WOULD HAVE GREAT CONCERNS
SO HE GAVE US FATHERS
TO TEACH US TO PRAY
AND GUIDE OUR LIVES
AND SHOW US THE WAY
SO ON HIS DAY
LETS TAKE THE TIME
TO SAY THANKS DAD
I AM GLAD YOU ARE MINE
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
IN THE OTHER GARDENS
AND ALL UP THE VALE
FROM THE AUTUMN BONFIRES
SEE THE SMOKE TRAIL
PLEASANT SUMMER OVER
AND ALL THE SUMMER FLOWERS
THE RED FIRE BLAZES
THE GREY SMOKE TOWERS
SING A SONG OF SEASONS
SOMETHING BRIGHT IN ALL
FLOWERS IN THE SUMMER
FIRES IN THE FALL

CLASSICAL ENGLISH POEM SEVEN
PROUD MAISIE IS IN THE WOOD
WALKING SO EARLY
SWEET ROBIN SITS ON THE BUSH
SINGING SO RARELY
TELL ME
THOU BONNY BIRD
WHEN SHALL I MARRY ME
WHEN SIX BRAW GENTLEMEN
KIRKWALL SHALL CARRY ME
WHO MAKES THE BRIDAL BED
BIRDIE SAY TRULY
THE GREY HEADED SEXTON
THAT DELVES THE GRAVE DULY
THE GLOWWORM OER GRAVE AND STONE
SHALL LIGHT THEE STEADY
THE OWL FROM THE STEEPLE SING
WELCOME PROUD LADY

ENGLISH POEM EIGHT
I THOUGHT IT BORING
DO NOTHING I WANT
TRYING
TRYING AND TRYING
I FOUND IT BORING
ENDING
I THOUGHT IT INTERESTING
DO WHAT I WANT
DOING
DOING AND DOING
I FOUND IT EXCITING
CONTINUING

ENGLISH POEM NINE
IT IS THE ANARCHY OF POVERTY
DELIGHTS ME
THE OLD YELLOW WOODEN HOUSE
INDENTED
ENGLISH POEM NINE
IT IS THE ANARCHY OF THE POVERTY
DELIGHTS ME
THE OLD WOODEN HOUSE INDENTED
AMONG THE NEW BRICK TENEMENTS
OR A CAST IRON BALCONY WITH PANELS SHOWING OAK BRANCHES
IN FULL LEAF
IT FITS THE DRESS OF CHILDREN
REFLECTING EVERY STAGE AND CUSTOM OF NECESSITY
CHIMNEY ROOF FENCES OF WOOD AND METAL IN AN UNFENCED AGE AND ENCLOSING NEXT TO NOTHING AT ALL
THE OLD MAN
IN A SWEATER AND SOFT BLACK
HAT WHO SWEEPS THE SIDE WALK
HIS OWN TEN FEET OF IT
IN A WIND THAT FITFULLY
TURNING HIS CORNER HAS OVERWHELMED THE ENTIRE CITY

ENGLISH POEM TEN
FOR YEARS I HAD BEEN SEARCHING
FOR THAT PERFECT FANTACY
BUT
I FIND IT IN MY ARMS
RIGHT NOW YOU ARE ALL TO ME

ENGLISH POEM ELEVEN
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE
BLESSING ON THE HAND OF WOMEN
ANGELS GUARD ITS STRENGTH AND GRACE
IN THE PALACE
COTTAGE
HOVEL
OH
NO MATTER WHERE THE PLACE
WOULD THAT NEVER STORMS
ASSAILED IT
RAINBOWS EVER GENTLY CURLED
FOR THE HAND THAT
ROCKS THE CRADLE IS THE HAND THAT RULES THE WORLD
INFENCYS THE TENDER FOUNTAIN
POWER MAY WITH BEAUTY FLOW
MOTHERS FIRST TO GUIDE THE STREAMLET
FROM THEM SOULS UNRESTING GROW
GROW ON FOR THE GOOD OR EVIL HURLED
FOR THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE IS THE HAND THAT RULES THE WORLD

CLASSICAL ENGLISH POEM THIRTEEN
FATHER LAND MY FATHER LAND
LAND OF MINE UNDERNEATH A STARRY SKY
SO CLOSE TO US WHERE PEACE AND LOVE REIGN FOREVER
HIS GOLDEN CROWN SHINES THE MIST IN THE AIR
OH CHINA
WE SALUTE YOU
YOURS IS THE GLORY AND BEAUTY
SONS AND DAUGHTERS
LETS JOIN TOGETHER
TO LIVE IN PEACE WHERE THE MAN IS FREE
OH CHINA
OUR HOME AND NATIVE LAND
YOU GAVE PATRIOTISM TO ALL YOUR SONS
THIS IS CHINA
THE ROSE OF THE EARTH
LAND OF THE BRAVE WHERE NO EVIL FOOT COULD WANDER
HOME OF THE FREE
WHERE BROTHERHOOD IS SOWN
HAIL TO YOU CHINA MY OWN

ENGLISH POEM FORTEENTH
NEVER GIVE UP
NEVER LOSE HOPE
ALWAYS HAVE FAITH
IT ALLOWS YOU TO COPE
TRYING TIMES WILL PASS
AS THEY ALWAYS DO
JUST HAVE PATIENCE
YOUR DREAMS WILL COME TURE
SO PUT ON A SMILE
YOU WILL LIVE THROUGH YOUR PAIN
KNOW IT WILL PASS
AND STRENGTH YOU WILL GAIN

ENGLISH POEM FIFTEENTH
HIDING YOUR FACE IN MY NECK
AND HIDING YOUR HANDS IN MY HAIR
HIDING YOUR LIPS ON MY LIPS
TO STOP THE WORDS BEFORE I SPEAK
HIDING IN THE SPACE AROUND
THE SPACE I HAVE DRESSED YOU IN
WINGS OF HARDENED SPIRIT
ANGELOT
A NEW DAY IS HERE
HIDE YOUR SOBS AND FEED ME
THE SLOW PEARLS OF DEW DROPS

BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 1807 1882
ENGLISH POEM SIXTEENTH
THE TIDE RISES
THE TIDE FALLS
THE TWILIGHT DARKENS
THE CURLEW CALLS
ALONG THE SEA SANDS DAMP AND BROWN
THE TRAVELLER HASTENS TOWARDS THE TOWN
AND THE TIDE RISES
THE TIDE FALLS
THE MORNING BREAKS
THE STEEDS IN THEIR STALLS
STAMP AND NEIGH
AS THE HOSTLER CALLS
THE DAY RETURNS
BUT NEVER MORE
RETURNS TRAVELLER TO THE SHORE
AND THE TIDE RISES
THE TIDE FALLS

ENGLISH POEM ONE
WHEN DAY IS GONE
IF THE DAY IS DONE
IF BIRDS SING NO MORE
IF THE WINDS HAD FLAG TIRED
THEN DRAW THE VEIL OF DARKNESS THICK UPON ME
EVEN AS THOU HAST WRAPT THE EARTH WITH THE COVER LET OF SLEEP AND TENDERLY CLOSED
THE PETALS OF THE DROPPING LOTUS AT DUSK
FROM THE TRAVERER
WHOSE SACK OF PROVISIONS IS EMPTY BEFORE THE VOYAGE IS ENDED
WHOSE GARMENT IS TORN AND DUST LADEN
WHOSE STRENGTH IS EXHAUSTED
REMOVE SHAME AND POVERTY
AND RENEW HIS LIFE LIKE A FLOWER UNDER THE COVER OF THY KINDLY NIGHT

ENGLISH POEM TWO
LIFE
BY ALLEN HOUSTON
LIFE CAN BE GOOD
LIFE CAN BE BAD
LIFE IS MOSTLY CHEERFUL
BUT SOMETIMES SAD
LIFE CAN BE DREAMS
LIFE CAN BE GREAT THOUGHTS
LIFE CAN MEAN A PERSON
SITTING IN COURT
LIFE CAN BE DIRTY
LIFE CAN BE PAINFUL
BUT LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT
SO TRY TO MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL

CLASSICAL ENGLISH POEM THIRD
ETERNITY OF YOUTH
THERE IS A FEELING OF ETERNITY IN YOUTH
WHICH MAKES US AMEND FOR EVERYTHING
TO BE YOUNG IS TO BE AS ONE OF THE IMMORTAL GODS
ONE HALF OF TIME INDEED IS FLOWN THE OTHER HALF REMAINS IN STORE FOR US WITH ALL ITS COUNTLESS TREASURES
FOR THEFE ITS NO LINE DRAWN AND WE SEE NO LIMIT TO OUR HOPES AND WISHES
WE MAKE THE COMING AGE OUR OWN THE VAST
THE UNBOUNDED PROSPECT LIES BEFORE US