Oxford Book of Poetry for Children [Hardcover]

Edward Blishen (Compiler), Brian Wildsmith (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1963

Inspire young children to move from nursery rhymes to serious (but not solemn!) verse with this burgeoning collection that includes poems by Lewis Carroll, Christina Rossetti, Shakespeare, and many others. The illustrations reflect the vitality of the verses. Edward Blishen, who compiled the anthology, was a teacher for 15 years, and the volume has been spectacularly illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.

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The Fairies by William Allingham
A Memory by William Allingham
The Forsaken Merman by Matthew Arnold
Matilda Who Told Lies, And Was Burned To Death by Hilaire Belloc
The Yak by Hilaire Belloc
The Fly, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
The Tyger [tiger], Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
The Purple Cow by Frank Gelett Burgess
My Heart's In The Highlands by Robert Burns
Up In The Morning's No' For Me by Robert Burns
Clock-a-clay by John Clare
Little Trotty Wagtail by John Clare
The Thrush's Nest by John Clare
Answer To A Child's Question by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Hunting Song, Fr. Zapolya by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Country Bedroom by Frances Crofts Darwin Cornford
Epitaph On A Hare by William Cowper
A Sea Song by Allan Cunningham
The Cat by William Henry Davies
A Strange Meeting by William Henry Davies
At The Keyhole by Walter John De La Mare
Done For by Walter John De La Mare
The Magnifying Glass by Walter John De La Mare
Nicholas Nye by Walter John De La Mare
Silly Sallie by Walter John De La Mare
A Cradle Song [or, Lullaby] by Thomas Dekker
Song by Richard Watson Dixon
The Crocodile, Fr. Alice In Wonderland by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Humpty Dumpty's Poem by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
King Fisher Song by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Lullaby by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Turtle Soup by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
The Walrus And The Carpenter, Fr. Alice In Wonderland by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
The Song Of The Jellicles by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Cat! by Eleanor Farjeon
The Tide In The River by Eleanor Farjeon
Victoria by Eleanor Farjeon
Who's In? by Elizabeth (20th Century-) Fleming
The Great Panjandrum by Samuel Foote
Tony O by Colin Francis
Flannan Isle by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
Warning To Children by Robert Ranke Graves
The Fallow Deer At The Lonely House by Thomas Hardy
Weathers by Thomas Hardy
The Fairies by Robert Herrick
The Hag by Robert Herrick
Good Morrow [or, Waking Song] by Thomas Heywood
A Boy's Song by James Hogg
No! by Thomas Hood
A Shropshire Lad: 2 by Alfred Edward Housman
Witches' Charm (3) by Ben Jonson
Meg Merrilees by John Keats
Song (1) by John Keats
The Pessimist by Benjamin Franklin King
The Sands Of Dee by Charles Kingsley
A Smuggler's Song by Rudyard Kipling
The Lonely Scarecrow by James Kirkup
Calico Pie by Edward Lear
The Jumblies by Edward Lear
Limerick by Edward Lear
Limerick by Edward Lear
Limerick by Edward Lear
The Owl And The Pussy Cat by Edward Lear
The Pobble by Edward Lear
Spring's Welcome [or, Welcome To Spring] by John Lyly
Posted As Missing by John Masefield
Midnight by Thomas Middleton
Milk For The Cat by Harold Monro
As I Was Going Up Pippen Hill by Mother Goose
The Bad Rider by Mother Goose
Deeds by Mother Goose
God Made The Bees by Mother Goose
The Last Will And Testament Of The Old Grey Mare by Mother Goose
My Father He Died, But I Can't Tell You How by Mother Goose
Poor [or, Cock] Robin by Mother Goose
There Were Three Jovial Huntsmen by Mother Goose
They That Wash On Monday by Mother Goose
We're All In The Dumps by Mother Goose
Song by Anthony Munday
Summer's Last Will And Testament: Spring by Thomas Nashe
The Dog Will Come When He Is Called by Adelaide O'keeffe
Celanta At The Well Of Life by George Peele
The Peddler's Caravan by William Brighty Rands
Cows by James Reeves
Slowly by James Reeves
The Snail by James Reeves
A Birthday by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Frog And Toad by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Immalee; Sonnet by Christina Georgina Rossetti
The Wind by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Proud Maisie, Fr. The Heart Of Midlothian by Walter Scott
Ariel's Song (1) [or, Dirge] [or, A Sea Dirge]. Fr. The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Ariel's Song (2), Fr. The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Aubade [or, A Morning Song For Imogen], Fr. Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
Fairy Lullaby by William Shakespeare
Puck And The Fairy, Fr. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Song Of Ariel, Fr. The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Winter, Fr. Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
Song by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Song by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Winter, The Huntsman by Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell
Jubilate Agno: My Cat Jeoffrey [or, Lines 697-780.] by Christopher Smart
Seumas Beg by James Stephens
The Snare by James Stephens
The Cow by Robert Louis Stevenson
Good And Bad Children by Robert Louis Stevenson
A E I O U by Jonathan Swift
Break, Break, Break by Alfred Tennyson
The Brook by Alfred Tennyson
The Eagle; A Fragment by Alfred Tennyson
The Owl (1) by Alfred Tennyson
The Princess: Lullaby by Alfred Tennyson
The Princess: [bugle] Song by Alfred Tennyson
Little Billee by William Makepeace Thackeray
Adlestrop by Philip Edward Thomas
A Cat by Philip Edward Thomas
Household Poems: 1. Bronwen by Philip Edward Thomas
Old Jack Noman by Philip Edward Thomas
India by Walter James Redfern Turner
Aiken Drum by Anonymous
The Babes In The Wood (5) by Anonymous
The Bonnie [or, Bonny] Earl Of Moray (3) by Anonymous
A Carrion Crow Sat On An Oak by Anonymous
Casey Jones (2) by Anonymous
Charles I by Anonymous
The Coasts Of High Barbary by Anonymous
The Common Cormorant by Anonymous
The Death Of Admiral Benbow by Anonymous
Don't-care Didn't Care by Anonymous
A Farmer's Dog Leaped Over The Stile by Anonymous
Flowers In The Valley by Anonymous
Folk Song by Anonymous
Get Up And Bar The Door by Anonymous
The Ghost's Song by Anonymous
The Golden Vanity (13) by Anonymous
Green Broom by Anonymous
Gypsies In The Wood by Anonymous
The Gypsy Laddie (7) by Anonymous
Here We Come A-piping by Anonymous
The Hungry Fox by Anonymous
If All The World Were Paper by Anonymous
Jemima (3) by Anonymous
A Knight Came Riding From The East by Anonymous
Meet-on-the-road by Anonymous
Nottamun Town by Anonymous
The Old Grey Goose by Anonymous
An Old Rat's Tale by Anonymous
Old Scots Nursery Rhyme by Anonymous
Poor Martha Snell, She's Gone Away by Anonymous
Proposals by Anonymous
The Puzzled Centipede by Anonymous
The Robin And The Wren by Anonymous
Robin Hood And The Bishop Of Hereford (1) by Anonymous
Sir Eglamour, That Worthy Knight by Anonymous
Sir Patrick Spens by Anonymous
Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me? by Anonymous
Song by Anonymous
The Strange Visitor by Anonymous
Three Knights From Spain by Anonymous
The Wonder Of Wonders by Anonymous
A Ballad Of Semmerwater (a North-country Legend) by William Watson
A Dirge, Fr. The White Devil by John Webster
Address To A Child During A Boisterous Winter Evening by Dorothy Wordsworth
Daffodils by William Wordsworth
Kitten And Fallen Leaves by William Wordsworth
The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth
The Song Of Wandering Aengus by William Butler Yeats
To A Squirrel At Kyle-na-no by William Butler Yeats
Tune: Partridge Sky (che-ku T'ien): 002 by Yen Chi-tao
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Franklin Watts; 1st American Edition edition (June 1963)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0531015378
• ISBN-13: 978-0531015377
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,186,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars oxford book of poetry for children, September 29, 2009

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Edward Blishen's Oxford Book of Poetry for Children, illustrated by Brian Wildsmith, is the best poetry collection for children I have found. Younger children would enjoy hearing many of the poems read aloud and for older children, there are poems of every type and mood. The selection offers poetry of a very high quality and ranges from nursery and nonsense rhymes to many of the language's major poets.

I purchased this lovely book for my two grandchildren but they won't be seeing it until I have copied out several old favourites for which I have been searching in vain for some time.