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FRONTISPIECE by Jcanncitc C. Shirk 



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COMPILED BY 

MILDRED P. HARRINGTON 
JOSEPHINE H. THOMAS 



,4 COMMITTEE OF THE CARNEGIE 
LIBRARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 




NEW YORK 

THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY 
1929 



Published 1929 

Second Printing 

Iliird Printing 1938 

Fourth Printing 1945 

Fifth Printing 195O 

Sixth Printing 1956 

Printed in the United States of America 
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 29-26163 



PREFACE 

In our library work with children it has been difficult to 
find holiday poems, including the more modern poems, which 
both have literary merit and are easily comprehensible to 
children. 

The present volume, compiled from the series of holiday 
poetry booklets, is an attempt to meet this need. 

The proceeds derived from the publication of both book 
and booklets are used to increase the Student Loan Fund of 
the Carnegie Library School Association. 

We are most grateful to the authors and publishers who 
have so generously permitted copyright material to be used, 
to Miss Dorothy Grout, who has given so freely of her time 
and effort and to Miss Elva S. Smith, former president of 
the Association for her valued advice and help. 

The members of the poetry committee, whose careful work 
and interest in this undertaking have made the compilation pos- 
sible, are as follows: Mary Wilkinson, Jasmine Britton, 
Dorothy Grout, Grace Darling, Alice Stoeltzing and Dorothy 
Hayes. 

MILDRED P. HARRINGTON 
Chairman of the Poetry Committee 
Carnegie Library School Association 



CONTENTS 

FRONTISPIECE by Jeanncite C. Shirk 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN POETRY 

Abraham Lincoln A. 5, Ames . . . ^ 3 

Abrakam Lincoln Samuel Valentine Cole . , . . 3 

Abraham Lincoln Richard Henry Stoddard . . 5 

Abraham Lincoln, the Master Thomas Curtis Clark 6 

Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight. Vachel Lindsay 7 

Cenotaph of Lincoln James T. McKay , . .' 8 

From 4 The Gettysburg Ode" .... Bayard Taylor 9 

The Hand of Lincoln Edmund Clarence St&dman . . 10 

He Leads Us Still Arthur Cuiierman 12 

A Hero Florence Earle Coates .... 13 

His Face Florence Earle Coaies 14 

Hush'd Be the Camps To-day Wali Whitman 16 

Lincoln Anonymous 17 

Lincoln George Henry Bo^er 18 

Lincoln John Vance Cheney 19 

Lincoln , . . . , Jane L. Hardy , 21 

Lincoln Vachel Lindsay 21 

Lincoln Jame* Whitcomb Riley .... 22 

Lincoln Corinne Roosevelt Robinson . 23 

Lincoln Leads Minna Irving 24 

The Lincoln Statue W. F. Collins 25 

Lincoln, the Man of the People .... Edwin Marfyham 26 

The Man of Peace Bliss Carman 28 

The Master Edwin Arlington Robinson . . 30 

Nancy Hanks .Harriet Monroe 32 

Captain! My Captain Wali Whitman 34 

On a Bust of Lincoln Clinton S collar d 36 

Our Martyr-chief James Russell Lowell 37 

President Lincoln's Grave Caroline A* Mason ........ 38 

To Borglum's Seated Statue of 

Abraham Lincoln Charlotte B. Jordan 40 

To the Memory of Abraham Lincoln . William Cullen Bryant .... 41 

Tolling Lucy Larcom 42 

Two Heroes Harriet Monroe , 43 

Young Lincoln Edwin Marfyham 45 

GEORGE WASHINGTON IN POETRY 

At the Tomb of Washington Clinton Scollard 51 

Epitaph on Washington Anonymous 52 

George Washington Anonymous 53 

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CONTENTS 

George Washington John Hall Ingham . ... 55 

Inscription at Mount Vernon Anonymous 56 

A Man! Clinton Scollard 56 

Mount Vernon, the Home of 

Washington William Day 57 

Old Song Written During Washing- 
ton** Life Anonymous ; 58 

The Ship of State Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 59 

Tribute to Washington From a London Newspaper . 60 

Two Heroes Harriet Monroe 61 

Union and Liberty Oliver Wendell Holmes .... 63 

Washington Lord Byron 65 

Washington James Russell Lowell 65 

Washington Ceraldine Meyrich 66 

Washington Rev. Dem's O'Crowley .... 67 

Washington John A. Prentice 68 

Washington Mary Wingaie 68 

Washington Monument by Night . . Carl Sandburg * 69 

Washington's Birthday Arthur J. Burdick 71 

Washington's Monument Anonymous 72 

Washington's Tomb Ruih Lawrence 73 

Washington's Vow John Creenleaf Whittier 74 

Young Washington Arthur Guilerman ......... 75 

EASTER IN POETRY 

Afraid? Emily Dickinson 79 

All things Bright and beautiful . . , . Cecif Frances Alexander 79 

April and May Ralph Waldo Emerson .... 81 

At Easter Tune Laura E. Richards 81 

The Awakening Angela Morgan 82 

Buttercups and Daisies Mary Howitt 83 

Easter , . . . . Mary Carolyn Davies 85 

Easter George Herbert 86 

Easter John G. Neihardt 87 

Easter Edwin L. Satin 88 

An Easter Canticle Charles Hanson Townt 89 

Easier Carol George Newell Lovejoy 90 

An Easter Carol Christina C. Rossetti 91 

An Easter Hymn Richard Le Gallienne 92 

Easier Hymn Charles Wesley 94 

Easter Morning Edmund Spenser 95 

Easter Night Alice Meynell 96 

Easter Song Mary A. Lathbury 96 

Easter Week Charles Kingsley 97 

The Elbdr George Herbert 98 

Faith John Richard Moreland .... 99 

The Glory of God in Creation .... Thomas Moore 100 

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CONTENTS 

God, Who Hath Made the Daisies . .. P. Hood idl 

Holy, Holy, Holy Reginald Heber 103 

Hymn to the Creation Joseph Addison 104 

Joy, Shipmate, Joy! Walt Whitman 105 

King Robert of Sicily Henry Wadsvorth Longfellow 105 

The Last Violet Oliver Herford 1 14 

The Lent Lily A. E. Housman 116 

Loveliest of Trees A. E. Housman 117 

The Majesty and Mercy of God Sir Robert Grant . . 117 

May Is Building Her House . . . Richard Le Callienne 119 

The Miracle L. H. Bailey 120 

Nature's Creed Anonymous 120 

Nature's Easter Music Lucy Larcom 121 

On a Gloomy Easter Alice Freeman Palmer .... 123 

Pippa's Song Robert Browning 1 24 

Providence Reginald Heber . 125 

Psalm XXIII The Bible 126 

Psalm CIV Selected The Bible 127 

Softly Through the Mellow Starlight .Anonymous 128 

The Song of the Lilies Lucy Wheelock 129 

A Song of Waking Katherine Lee Bates 130 

Talking in Their Sleep Edith M. Thomas 1 32 

A True Lent Robert Herrick 133 

Twas at the Matin Hour Fourteenth Century Carol . . 135 

Under the Leaves Albert Laighion 136 

The Waking Year Emily Dickinson 137 

Ye Heavens, Uplift Your Voice ..Fifteenth Century Carol 138 

ARBOR DAY IN POETRY 

A B Cs in Green Leonora Speyer 143 

Appleseed John Lydia Maria Child 144 

An Arbor Day Tree Anonymous 147 

Be Deferent to Trees Mary Carolyn Davies 148 

Beatus Vir Richard Le Callienne 149 

Birch Trees John Richard Moreland 150 

Child's Song in Spring E. Nesbit 150 

Daphne , Thomas S. Jones, Jr. 151 

Family Trees Douglas Malloch 152 

The Fate of the Oak Barry Cornwall 154 

The Fir-Tree Edith M. Thomas 155 

Green Things Growing Dinah Maria Muloclf Crafy . 1 56 

The Heart of the Tree Henry Cuyler Bunner 157 

Hiawatha's Canoe: Selected Henry Wadsvorih Longfellow 159 

Kinds of Trees to Plant: Selected . .Edmund Spenser . . . ., 163 

Mine Host of "The Golden Apples" . Thomas Wesivood 164 

The Oak JohnDryden 165 

Oh, Fair to See Christina C. Rossetti 165 

The Pine Augusta Webster 166 

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CONTENTS 

The Planting of the Apple-Tree William Cullen Bryant 166 

Ploughman at the Plough Louis Colding , 168 

The Poplars Theodosia Garrison 1 69 

Poplars ^ Edvard Bliss Reed 170 

Shade * Theodosia Garrison 171 

Song Thomas Love Peacock . . . . 1 72 

The Song of the Forest Ranger Herbert Baskford 173 

The Spirit of the Birch Arthur Ketchum 1 75 

Tapestry Trees William Morris , . * 1 76 

"There Is Strength in the Soil" Arthur Stringer 1 77 

Three Trees C. H. Crandall 178 

Tis Merry in Greenwood Sir Walter Scott 180 

The Tree Bjornstjerne Bjornson 181 

The Tree Jones Very 182 

Tree Birthdays ,<,.,.,. Mary Carolyn Davies 183 

Tree Planting Anonymous ,...,,.., 1 83 

Tree-planting Samuel Francis Smith 1 84 

Trees BUss Carman . , 185 

The Trees Samuel V&len&M. Cole 187 

Trees . Sara Coleridge 189 

Trees , Waller De La Mart 189 

The Trees Lucy Larcom , 190 

The Trees Christopher Morley 192 

Under ths Greenwood Tnse William Shakespeare W 

What Do We Plant When We Plant 

the Tree Henrp Abbey 194 

The Willows .Walter Prichard Eaton .... 195 

Woodman, Spare That Tree George P. Morris 196 

Woodnotes Selected Ralph Waldo Emerson 197 

MOTHER'S DAY IN POETRY 

Tbe Baby Ann Taylor 203 

The Bird's Nest Elizabeth Turner 204 

A Boy's Motfeer James Whitcomb Riley .... 205 

Evening Song Cecil Frances Alexander ... 206 

The Fairy-Bool: Norman Cale 208 

Her Mother Alice Cary 209 

Hi* Mother in Her Hood of Blue . .Lizette Woodworth Reese . . 209 

How's My Boy? Sydney Dobell 211 

Hie JuHiled Mother of Men Walt Whitman 213 

If I Had But Two Little Wings ..Samuel Taylor Coleridge .. 213 
Lines on Receiving His Mother's Pic- 
ture: Selected WilUam Covpcr 214 

Tke Little FJsh That Would Not Do 

as It Was Bid Jane and Ann Taylor 215 

Mater Amabilis Emma Lazarus 21 7 

Maternity Jean Ingeloto 219 



CONTENTS 

The Mother Translated from the Chinese 

by George Barrow 220 

Mother , Theresa Helburn 221 

Mother: From "Snowbound" John Creenleaf Whittier 222 

The Mother in the House Herman Hagedorn 223 

A Mother's Birthday Henry Van Dyke 224 

The Mother's Hymn William Cullen Bryant 225 

A Mother's Picture Edmund Clarence Stedman . . 226 

My Mother Josephine Rice Crcehnan . . , . 227 

My Mother Francis Ledwidge 228 

My Mother Ann Taylor 229 

My Song Ralindranaih Tagore 231 

My Trust John Creenleaf Whittier .... 232 

Our Mother . . . , Anonymous 232 

Parenthood . John Farrar 233 

A Prayer for a Sleeping Child Mary Carolyn Davies 233 

A Song for My Mother Her Hands^nna Hampstead Branch . . 234 

A Song for My Mother Her Stories Anna Hampstead Branch . . . 236 

A Song for My Mother Her Words^nna Hampstead Branch . . 238 

To My First Love, My Mother Christina C. Rossetli 239 

To My Mother Thomas Moore 240 

A Valentine to my Mother Christina G. Rossetli 241 

The Voice Norman Gale 241 

The Watcher Margaret Widdemcr 243 

What Rules the World W. R. Wallace 244 

When She a Maiden Slim Maurice Hewlett 244 

Which Loved Her Best? , . . . .Anonymous 245 

Wishing William Allingham 246 

MEMORIAL DAY IN POETRY 

The Anxious Dead John McCrae 251 

The Armorer's Song Harry Bache Smith 252 

A Ballad of Heroes Austin Dobson 253 

Battle Hymn of the Republic Julia Ward Hove 254 

The Battlefield , Emily Dickinson 256 

Coronach Sir Walter Scott 256 

The Day of Battle .' A. . Housman 258 

Decorating the Soldiers' Graves Minot J. Savage 259 

Decoration Thomas Wentvorlh Higginson 260 

Decoration Day George Hudlut Barlour , . . 261 

Decoration Day Julia Ward Ho&e 262 

Decoration Day Henry Wadsvorth Longfellow 264 

The Dug-Out Siegfried Sassoon 265 

Flowers for the Brave Celia Thaxter 265 

The Heroic Age Richard Watson Gilder ... 266 

John Burns of Gettysburg Bret Harte 268 

Killed at the Ford Henry Wadsvortfi Longfellow 272 

A Lamentation , Thomas Campion 274 

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CONTENTS 

Let War's Tempests Cease Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 275 

The March John C. Squire 276 

Memorial Day Theodosia Garrison 277 

Memorial Day Richard Watson Gilder .... 278 

Memorial Day Annette Wynne 279 

The Messages Wilfrid Wilson Gibson .... 280 

Night at Gettysburg Don C Seitz 281 

No More the Thunder of Cannon .Julia C. R Dorr 282 

Ode for Decoration Day Hemy Peterson 283 

Ode Recited at the Harvard Com- 
memoration Selections James Russell Lowell 287 

Our Nation Forever Wallace Bruce 289 

Over Their Graves Henry /. Steward 290 

Requiem , Joseph Lee 291 

Requiem for a Young Soldier Florence Earle Coates 292 

Requiescant Frederick George Scott . . , . 293 

The Reveille Bret Harte 294 

Roll-call Nathaniel Graham Shepherd . 295 

Sheridan's Ride Thomas Buchanan Read . . . 297 

The Sleep of the Brave William Collins 299 

The Soldier's Grave Henry D. Muir 300 

Song for Memorial Day Clinton Scollard 301 

Spring in War-time , . . Sara Teasdale 303 

Stanzas on Freedom James Russell Lowell 304 

Taps Lizeite Woodworth Reese .. 305 

The Troop of the Guard Hermann Hagedom 306 

The Trumpet , Edward Thomas 308 

Under the Stars Wallace Rice 309 

Valley of the Shadow John Galsworthy 311 

A War Song William Blake 311 

THANKSGIVING IN POETRY 

The Beautiful World W. L. Childress 315 

A Child's Thought of Harvest Swan Coolidge 316 

Th Child's World William Brighty Rands 317 

The Com Song John Greenleaf Whittier . . 318 

Every Day Thanksgiving Day Harriet Prescoti Spofford . 320 

The Feast-time of the Year Anonymous 321 

The First Thanksgiving Day AVce Williams Brotherton .. 322 

Harvest Hymn John Greenleaf Whittier .... 325 

Hymn Lucy Larcom 326 

A Hymn of Thanksgiving Wilbur Dick Nesbit 327 

The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers 

in New England Felicia Hemans 329 

Pilgrim Song Florence Earle Coates 331 

The Pilgrims Came Annette Wynne 332 

Psalm LXV-Seiected The Bible 333 

Psalm XCV-Selected The Bible 334 

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CONTENTS 

Psalm C The Bible 334 

Psalm CXXXVI-Selected The Bible 335 

Psalm CXLVII-Selected The Bible 336 

The Pumpkin John Greenleaf Whittier .... 336 

Singing the Reapers Homeward ComeAnonymous 339 

Song of the Harvest Henry Stevenson Washburn . 340 

A Thanksgiving Lucy Larcom 341 

Thanksgiving Day Robert Bridges , . 344 

Thanksgiving Day . . . Lydia Maria Child 345 

Thanksgiving Day Annette Wynne 347 

The Thanksgiving in Boston Harbor . Hezeftah Bultenorth 347 

A Thanksgiving to God for His Houseftofcert Hemck 350 

That Things are No Worse, Sire Helen Hunt Jackson 352 

CHRISTMAS IN POETRY 

An Ancient Christmas Carol Anonymous 357 

As Joseph Was A- Walking From the Cherry Tree Carol . 358 

Aunt Mary: A Cornish Christmas 

Chant Robert Stephen Ha*>ker .... 359 

Boots and Saddles , Provencal Noel of Nicholas 

Saboly 360 

Bring a Torch, Jeannetle, Isabella! ..Provencal Noel of Nicholas 

Saboly 362 

Caiol William Canton 363 

Carol Kenneth Crahame 364 

Carol Langdon E. Mitchell 365 

A Carol for Twelfth Day Old English Carol 366 

Carol in Praise of the Holly and IvyFifteenth Century Carol .... 368 

Carol of the Birds Bas~Quercy 369 

Carol of the Russian Children Russian Folk Song 370 

A Catch by the Hearth Anonymous 370 

Ceremonies for Christmas Robert Herridf 371 

A Child's Prayer Francis Thompson 372 

A Child's Present to His Child-Saviorfloier/ HerricJ^ 374 

Christmas Nahum Tate 375 

A Christmas Carol Phillips Brooks 376 

A Christmas Carol Gilbert K. Chesterton 377 

Christmas Carol Thomas Helmore , 378 

A Christmas Carol Josiah Gilbert Holland 380 

A Christmas Carol Old English Carol 381 

A Christmas Carol Christina G. Rossetti 381 

A Christmas Carol Translated from the Neapoli- 
tan 383 

Chustmas Eve John Davidson 384 

Christmas Eve Eugene Field 385 

Christmas Eve Another Ceremony . .Robert Herric^ 386 

Christinas Eve Another to the MaidsKofcert Herrick 387 

Christmas Folksong Lizette Woodttorth Reese .. 387 

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CONTENTS 

A Christmas Hymn Cecil Frances Alexander ... 388 

Christmas in the Heart Anonymous 390 

A Christmas Legend Frank Sidgvick 390 

The Christmas Silence Margaret Deland 393 

Christmas Song Lydia Avery Coonley Ward . 394 

The Christmas Tree in the Nursery .Richard Watson Cilder 395 

The Christmas Trees Mary F. Butts 397 

Cradle Hymn Martin Luther 398 

Feast o' St. Stephen Ruth Savyer 399 

The First Christmas EmfUe Poulsson 399 

From Far Away William Morris 400 

God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen Dinah Maria Mulock Crafy . 402 

The Golden Carol ..Old Carol 403 

Good King Wenceslas ..Translated from the Latin by 

/. M. Neale 40-1 

Joseph, Jesus and Mary From a Gypsy Carol 406 

The Least of Carols Sophie Jcwett 406 

A Legend Tschaikovsky 408 

Long, Long Ago Anonymous 409 

Lordings, Listen to Our Lay Old Carol 410 

March of m Three Kings Old Provencal Carol 410 

Nativity Song Adapted from the Latin by 

Sophie Jenett 412 

The Neighbors of Bethlehem Thirteenth Century French ..413 

New Prince, New Pomp Robert Southwell 414 

Poor Richard's Almanac^, 

Now Thrice Welcome Christmas 1695 415 

O Little Town of Bethlehem Phillips Brooks 416 

Old Christmas Old English Carol 418 

Old Christmas Returned , . Old English Carol 420 

Our Joyful Feast George Wither 421 

The Shepherd Boys Provencal Noel of Nicholas 

^ Saboly 421 

The Shepherds Who Stayed Theodosia Garrison 423 

The Shepherds Had An Angel ... .Christina G. Rossetti 424 

Signs of Christmas