A place to grow your relationship with God

Posts tagged ‘Poems’

Top Poems for Children by Famous Authors

Here is a list of great poems for children to learn about. The poems are listed by Author. More will be added as time goes on so keep checking back.

Louisa May Alcott

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Mary Austin

  • Signs of Spring (coming March 2026)

Bible

William Blake (bio)

Governor Bradford (bio)

 Lewis Carroll

Fannie Stearns Davis (bio)

S. Baring – Gould

Jame Weldon Johnson (bio)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Jemima Luke (bio)

Jame Whitcomb Riley

Christina Georgina Rossetti

Charles Sangster (bio)

Spirituals (info)

Rebecca J. Weston

Other

Little Jack Frost. A Rhyme for Flossie’ by Charles Sangster

Little Jack Frost went up the hill.

Watching the stars so cold and chill,

Watching the stars and the moon so bright.

And laughing aloud like a crazy wight.

***

Little Jack Frost ran down the hill,

Late in the night, when the winds were still,

Late in the fall, when the leaves fell down,

Red, and yellow, and faded brown.

***

Little Jack Frost walked through the trees,

‘Ah,’ sighed the flowers, ‘we freeze, we freeze!’

‘Ah,’ sighed the grasses, ‘we die, we die!’

Said little Jack Frost, ‘Good-bye, good-bye!’

***

Little Jack Frost tripped round and round.

Spreading white snow on the frozen ground;

Nipping the breezes, icing the streams,

And chilling the warmth of the sun’s bright beams.

***

Nobody saw him, still he was there.

Nose-biting, prank-playing, everywhere;

All through the houses, out in the street,

Capering wildly through storm and sleet.

***

But when Dame Nature brought back the spring,

Brought back the birds to chirp and sing.

Melted the snow and warmed the sky.

Little Jack Frost went pouting by.

***

The flowers opened their eyes of blue.

Green buds peeped out and grasses grew.

And it got so warm and scorched him so.

Little Jack Frost was glad to go.

Mother Goose: Two Birds

TWO BIRDS

There were two birds sat on a stone,
    Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
One flew away, and then there was one,
    Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
The other bird flew after,
And then there was none,
    Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
And so the stone
Was left alone,
    Fa, la, la, la, lal, de.

By Mother Goose

Mother Goose: Lucy Locket

LUCY LOCKET
Lucy Locket lost her pocket,
Kitty Fisher found it;
Nothing in it, nothing in it,
But the binding round it.

By Mother Goose

Mother Goose: The Clever Hen

THE CLEVER HEN
I had a little hen, the prettiest ever seen,
She washed me, the dishes, and kept the house clean;
She went to the mill to fetch me some flour,
She brought it home in less than an hour;
She baked me my bread, she brewed me my ale,
She sat by the fire and told many a fine tale.

By Mother Goose

Mother Goose: Robin and Richard

ROBIN AND RICHARD
Robin and Richard were two pretty men,
They lay in bed till the clock struck ten;
Then up starts Robin and looks at the sky,
“Oh, brother Richard, the sun’s very high!
You go before, with the bottle and bag,
And I will come after on little Jack Nag.”

By Mother Goose

Mother Goose: To Market

TO MARKET

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig.
Home again, home again, jiggety jig.
To market, to market, to buy a fat hog,
Home again, home again, jiggety jog.
To market, to market, to buy a plum bun,
Home again, home again, market is done.

By Mother Goose

Mother Goose: If Wishes were Horses

IF WISHES WERE HORSES
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
If turnips were watches, I would wear one by my side.
    And if “ifs” and “ands”
    Were pots and pans,
There’d be no work for tinkers!

By Mother Goose

Mother Goose: Bees

BEES
A swarm of bees in May
Is worth a load of hay;
A swarm of bees in June
Is worth a silver spoon;
A swarm of bees in July
Is not worth a fly.

By Mother Goose

Baby Dolly- Mother Goose

BABY DOLLY


Hush, baby, my dolly, I pray you don’t cry,
And I’ll give you some bread, and some milk by-and-by;
Or perhaps you like custard, or, maybe, a tart,
Then to either you’re welcome, with all my heart.

By Mother Goose