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The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1

by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872–1962)

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  • 30 chapters
  • Reading level: 7th grade

"The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1" edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson is a curated collection of poetry intended for general audiences, likely compiled during the early 20th century. The anthology features a wide array of verses from various poets and encompasses themes of childhood, love, nature, and the human experience. The opening of the collection sets the stage with a detailed table of contents showcasing an extensive list of categorized poems, touching on subjects such as youth, age, love, and the beauty of nature. The poems are meant to evoke nostalgia and reflect the simplicity and complexity of life experiences, suitable for readers of all ages. As a versatile anthology, it offers a delightful blend of traditional nursery rhymes, thoughtful meditations, and lyrical expressions that celebrate both the joys and challenges of life.

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  • English poetry
  • American poetry
  • Children's poetry

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Part I

POEMS OF YOUTH AND AGE

The Human Seasons John Keats

THE BABY

"Only a Baby Small" Matthias Barr
Only Harriet Prescott Spofford
Infant Joy William Blake
Baby George Macdonald
To a New-Born Baby Girl Grace Hazard Conkling
To Little Renee William Aspenwall Bradley
A Rhyme of One Frederick Locker-Lampson
To a New-Born Child Cosmo Monkhouse
Baby May William Cox Bennett
Alice Herbert Bashford
Songs for Fragoletta Richard Le Gallienne
Choosing a Name Mary Lamb
Weighing the Baby Ethel Lynn Beers
Etude Realiste Algernon Charles Swinburne
Little Feet Elizabeth Akers
The Babie Jeremiah Eames Rankin
Little Hands Laurence Binyon
Bartholomew Norman Gale
The Storm-Child May Byron
"On Parent Knees" William Jones
"Philip, My King" Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
The King of the Cradle Joseph Ashby-Sterry
The Firstborn John Arthur Goodchild
No Baby in the House Clara Dolliver
Our Wee White Rose Gerald Massey
Into the World and Out Sarah M. P. Piatt
"Baby Sleeps" Samuel Hinds
Baby Bell Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Contents

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  1. Part I
  2. Part II
  3. Part III
  4. Part IV
  5. Part I
  6. Part I
  7. Chapter I
  8. Chapter II
  9. Chapter III
  10. Chapter IV
  11. Chapter II
  12. Chapter III
  13. Chapter I
  14. Chapter II
  15. Chapter III
  16. Chapter IV
  17. Chapter V
  18. Chapter VI
  19. Chapter VII
  20. Chapter I
  21. Chapter II
  22. Chapter III
  23. Chapter I: From "A Midsummer-Night's Dream"
  24. Chapter II: From "A Midsummer-Night's Dream"
  25. Chapter III: From "The Tempest"
  26. Chapter IV: From "The Tempest"
  27. Chapter I: Unthrift
  28. Chapter II: Honor and Desert
  29. Chapter III: The Rose of the World
  30. Chapter IV: The Tribute
  31. Chapter VI: The Foreign Land

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This free edition of The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Burton Egbert Stevenson comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #2619, released 2001-05-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Poetry.

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