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    29/07/2024
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    Little Freckled Person: A Book of Child Verse

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    Here is a delightful collection of short verses for children by Mary Carolyn Davies. Seeing the world through child-like imagination, these light-hearted poems are of trains, fishing, gardening, fairies and so much more. – Summary by SweetHome     [chương_files]  

    29/07/2024
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    Flame and Shadow, Version 2

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    A collection of poetry by American poet Sara Teasdale. Her lyrical poems of love, nature’s beauty, and death were much loved during the early nineteenth century. – Summary by AnnaLisa Bodtker     [chương_files]  

    29/07/2024
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    Silhouettes

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    This is a collection of verses by British poet, critic and magazine editor Arthur Symons, which, as some reviewers assure us, was “‘unwholesome,” because, he said, they had “a faint smell of Patchouli about them.”‘ Modern readers may value the poetry in this volume differently. – Summary by Carolin     [chương_files]  

    29/07/2024
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    Short Stories and Poems for Children, Original and Select

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    A collection of short stories and poems for children, filled with sweet but simple life lessons. – Summary by Campbell Schelp     [chương_files]  

    29/07/2024
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    Life and Adventures of Chanticleer, the Intelligent Rooster. An interesting story in verse for children

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    This is the story of an intelligent, upright and generous rooster named Chanticleer. We follow his life from birth to death in this story written in verse. The story recounts his adventures during his childhood, his studies and his travels. He becomes a father and grandfather and tries to impart his wisdom to the next generation. – Summary by SweetHome     [chương_files]  

    29/07/2024
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    Golden Day

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    LibriVox volunteers bring you recordings of A Golden Day by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 31, 2019. —— A delightful little poem describing what it feels like to greet a sunny spring day and let the rest of your cares slide away. – Summary by Michele Fry     [chương_files]  

    29/07/2024
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    Something New for my Little Friends

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    This is a collection of stories in verse for children. Published in 1866 by an author only known by the initials F.F., these poems teach children the virtues, their duties, and what happens to ill-behaving little boys and girls. – Summary by Carolin     [chương_files]  

    29/07/2024
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    Short Poetry Collection 204

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    This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for May 2020.     [chương_files]  

    29/07/2024
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    New York Nocturnes, and Other Poems

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    This is a volume of poetry by Canadian poet and prose writer Sir Charles G.D. Roberts. This volume starts with a series of poems on New York City, and then includes some other poems on miscellaneous subjects. The poems of the “Father of Canadian Poetry” will be enjoyed by all modern listeners who are fans of New York. – Summary by Carolin     [chương_files]  

    29/07/2024
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    Joyous Days Then and Now

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    This is a volume of poetry by newspaperman-poet Harry Lee Marriner, published in 1910. Many of the poems are on the joyous days then, reflecting on childhood and the simpler times, with a measure of nostalgia and pathos, which the author uses to advantage for his poetry. – Summary by Carolin     [chương_files]