Poems Teachers Ask For, Book TwoBOOK TWOReading editionChapter navigation248 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…BOOK TWOINDEX OF TITLESPREFACEHomeThe House with Nobody In ItColor in the WheatThe Broken PinionJamie DouglasThe Ensign BearerThe Real RichesThe Polish BoyThe Height of the RidiculousExcelsiorThe Bivouac of the DeadChildrenThe Eve of WaterlooThe Land Where Hate Should DieTrouble In the "Amen Corner"DutyThe Last LeafOld Flag ForeverThe Death of the FlowersThe HeritageThe Ballad of East and WestAnnabel LeeApril ShowersThe Voice of SpringThe BoysThe Rainy DayLet Me Walk With the Men in the RoadIf We UnderstoodA Laugh in Church"One, Two, Three!"UnawaresThe Land of Beginning AgainPoor Little JoeThe Ladder of St. AugustineLoss and GainJohn Thompson's DaughterGrandfather's ClockA Cradle HymnIf All the SkiesThe Petrified FernCleon and IWashingtonTowser Shall Be Tied To-NightLaw and LibertyHis Mother's SongWhen Father Carves the DuckPapa's LetterWho Stole the Bird's Nest?Over the Hill from the Poor-House"'Specially Jim"O'Grady's GoatThe Burial of MosesNobody's ChildA Christmas Long AgoNearer HomeThe MinuetThe VagabondsThe Isle of Long AgoThe Dying NewsboyBreak, Break, BreakDon't Kill the BirdsBill's in the LegislatureThe Bridge BuilderSong of Marion's MenThe Minstrel-BoyOur HomesteadThe Ballad of the TempestSanta FilomenaThe Knight's ToastThe Old Man DreamsWashington's BirthdayApril! April! Are You Here?A Laughing ChorusThe Courtin'An Old Man's DreamsGod's Message to MenThe SandmanRing Out, Wild BellsThe Wishing BridgeThe Things DivineMothers of MenEchoLife, I Know Not What Thou ArtAutumn LeavesA Message for the YearSong of the ChattahoocheeCourting in KentuckyGod's Will is BestThe School-Master's GuestsMother o' MineEncouragementThe Harp That Once Through Tara's HallsAux ItaliensMy PrairiesHome They Brought Her Warrior DeadSeptemberThe Old Kitchen FloorRustic CourtshipThe Red JacketJohn MaynardPiller FightsLittle BateeseConscience and Future JudgmentDandelionThe Inventor's WifeOut in the SnowGive Them the Flowers NowThe Lost OccasionThe Flower of LibertyThe LambThe Roll CallA Prayer for a Little HomeI Have Drank My Last GlassHighland MaryA Night with a WolfShe Was a Phantom of DelightThe RhodoraThere Was a BoyThe Quangle Wangle's HatThe Singing LeavesAwakeningWolsey's Farewell to His GreatnessThe NewsboyParting of Marmion and DouglasThe Engineer's StorySmall BeginningsRain on the RoofGunga DinWarren's Address to the American SoldiersMad RiverWhen Papa Was a BoyWhich Shall It Be?The Battle of Bunker's HillHealth and WealthThe HearteningBilly's RoseThe Old Actor's StoryThe Boy Who Didn't PassThe Station-Master's StoryHark, Hark! the LarkTommy's PrayerThe Two PicturesThe Two Kinds of PeopleThe Sin of OmissionThe Bible My Mother Gave MeLincoln, the Man of the PeopleOur OwnHow Salvator WonI Got to Go to SchoolWith Little Boy BlueThe Charge of Pickett's BrigadeHulloThe Women of Mumbles HeadThe Fireman's StoryLittle Willie's HearingThe Service FlagFlying Jim's Last LeapBetty and the BearThe Graves of a HouseholdThe BabieA Legend of the NorthlandHow Did You Die?The ChildrenThe King and the ChildTry, Try AgainIndian NamesMore Cruel Than WarColumbusThe September GaleWhen My Ship Comes InSolitudeSin of the Coppenter ManThe Bells of OstendYou Put No Flowers on My Papa's GraveThe Two Little StockingsI Have a Rendezvous with DeathLet Us Be KindThe Water MillWhy the Dog's Nose Is Always ColdThe African ChiefHe Who Has VisionThe Children We KeepThe Stranger on the SillThe Old Man In the Model ChurchThe Volunteer OrganistThe Finding of the LyreThe High Tide (1571)September DaysThe New YearAn "If" For GirlsBoy and Girl of PlymouthWork: A Song of Triumph("A Woman's Question" is given on page 129 of Book I, "Poems Teachers Ask For.")The Romance of Nick Van StannArmageddonPicciolaThe King's RingLeaving the HomesteadBernardo Del CarpioMizpahGodCasabiancaMontereyThe Teacher's "If"The Good ShepherdA Sermon in RhymeThe Fortunate IslesWhat the Choir Sang About the New BonnetWork Thou for PleasureThe Tin Gee Gee"Tommy"The Mystic WeaverThe Mortgage on the FarmThe Legend BeautifulSomebody's DarlingThe Pride of Battery BThe Wood-BoxInasmuchNo Sects in HeavenThe Railroad CrossingThe Sunset CityAutumnGrandmother's QuiltThe Two AngelsThe Witch's DaughterDavid's Lament for AbsalomChristmas Day in the WorkhouseOur Presidents—A Memory RhymeAnnie and Willie's PrayerTrailing ArbutusWhen the Light Goes OutPrayer and PotatoesThe Parts of SpeechA New LeafThe Boy With the HoeOur FlagThe Little Fir-TreesHe Worried About ItThe PresidentLullabyChumsJim Brady's Big BrotherThe Gray SwanThe Circling YearINDEX OF FIRST LINESBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Book 2 — INDEX OF TITLESAll chapters and sections (248)Books2Book 2 · Other sectionsINDEX OF TITLESPREFACEHomeThe House with Nobody In ItColor in the WheatThe Broken PinionJamie DouglasThe Ensign BearerThe Real RichesThe Polish BoyThe Height of the RidiculousExcelsiorThe Bivouac of the DeadChildrenThe Eve of WaterlooThe Land Where Hate Should DieTrouble In the "Amen Corner"DutyThe Last LeafOld Flag ForeverThe Death of the FlowersThe HeritageThe Ballad of East and WestAnnabel LeeApril ShowersThe Voice of SpringThe BoysThe Rainy DayLet Me Walk With the Men in the RoadIf We UnderstoodA Laugh in Church"One, Two, Three!"UnawaresThe Land of Beginning AgainPoor Little JoeThe Ladder of St. AugustineLoss and GainJohn Thompson's DaughterGrandfather's ClockA Cradle HymnIf All the SkiesThe Petrified FernCleon and IWashingtonTowser Shall Be Tied To-NightLaw and LibertyHis Mother's SongWhen Father Carves the DuckPapa's LetterWho Stole the Bird's Nest?Over the Hill from the Poor-House"'Specially Jim"O'Grady's GoatThe Burial of MosesNobody's ChildA Christmas Long AgoNearer HomeThe MinuetThe VagabondsThe Isle of Long AgoThe Dying NewsboyBreak, Break, BreakDon't Kill the BirdsBill's in the LegislatureThe Bridge BuilderSong of Marion's MenThe Minstrel-BoyOur HomesteadThe Ballad of the TempestSanta FilomenaThe Knight's ToastThe Old Man DreamsWashington's BirthdayApril! April! Are You Here?A Laughing ChorusThe Courtin'An Old Man's DreamsGod's Message to MenThe SandmanRing Out, Wild BellsThe Wishing BridgeThe Things DivineMothers of MenEchoLife, I Know Not What Thou ArtAutumn LeavesA Message for the YearSong of the ChattahoocheeCourting in KentuckyGod's Will is BestThe School-Master's GuestsMother o' MineEncouragementThe Harp That Once Through Tara's HallsAux ItaliensMy PrairiesHome They Brought Her Warrior DeadSeptemberThe Old Kitchen FloorRustic CourtshipThe Red JacketJohn MaynardPiller FightsLittle BateeseConscience and Future JudgmentDandelionThe Inventor's WifeOut in the SnowGive Them the Flowers NowThe Lost OccasionThe Flower of LibertyThe LambThe Roll CallA Prayer for a Little HomeI Have Drank My Last GlassHighland MaryA Night with a WolfShe Was a Phantom of DelightThe RhodoraThere Was a BoyThe Quangle Wangle's HatThe Singing LeavesAwakeningWolsey's Farewell to His GreatnessThe NewsboyParting of Marmion and DouglasThe Engineer's StorySmall BeginningsRain on the RoofGunga DinWarren's Address to the American SoldiersMad RiverWhen Papa Was a BoyWhich Shall It Be?The Battle of Bunker's HillHealth and WealthThe HearteningBilly's RoseThe Old Actor's StoryThe Boy Who Didn't PassThe Station-Master's StoryHark, Hark! the LarkTommy's PrayerThe Two PicturesThe Two Kinds of PeopleThe Sin of OmissionThe Bible My Mother Gave MeLincoln, the Man of the PeopleOur OwnHow Salvator WonI Got to Go to SchoolWith Little Boy BlueThe Charge of Pickett's BrigadeHulloThe Women of Mumbles HeadThe Fireman's StoryLittle Willie's HearingThe Service FlagFlying Jim's Last LeapBetty and the BearThe Graves of a HouseholdThe BabieA Legend of the NorthlandHow Did You Die?The ChildrenThe King and the ChildTry, Try AgainIndian NamesMore Cruel Than WarColumbusThe September GaleWhen My Ship Comes InSolitudeSin of the Coppenter ManThe Bells of OstendYou Put No Flowers on My Papa's GraveThe Two Little StockingsI Have a Rendezvous with DeathLet Us Be KindThe Water MillWhy the Dog's Nose Is Always ColdThe African ChiefHe Who Has VisionThe Children We KeepThe Stranger on the SillThe Old Man In the Model ChurchThe Volunteer OrganistThe Finding of the LyreThe High Tide (1571)September DaysThe New YearAn "If" For GirlsBoy and Girl of PlymouthWork: A Song of Triumph("A Woman's Question" is given on page 129 of Book I, "Poems Teachers Ask For.")The Romance of Nick Van StannArmageddonPicciolaThe King's RingLeaving the HomesteadBernardo Del CarpioMizpahGodCasabiancaMontereyThe Teacher's "If"The Good ShepherdA Sermon in RhymeThe Fortunate IslesWhat the Choir Sang About the New BonnetWork Thou for PleasureThe Tin Gee Gee"Tommy"The Mystic WeaverThe Mortgage on the FarmThe Legend BeautifulSomebody's DarlingThe Pride of Battery BThe Wood-BoxInasmuchNo Sects in HeavenThe Railroad CrossingThe Sunset CityAutumnGrandmother's QuiltThe Two AngelsThe Witch's DaughterDavid's Lament for AbsalomChristmas Day in the WorkhouseOur Presidents—A Memory RhymeAnnie and Willie's PrayerTrailing ArbutusWhen the Light Goes OutPrayer and PotatoesThe Parts of SpeechA New LeafThe Boy With the HoeOur FlagThe Little Fir-TreesHe Worried About ItThe PresidentLullabyChumsJim Brady's Big BrotherThe Gray SwanThe Circling YearINDEX OF FIRST LINESSelected by READERS OF "NORMAL INSTRUCTOR-PRIMARY PLANS"CONTAINING MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED POEMS REQUESTED FOR PUBLICATION IN THAT MAGAZINE ON THE PAGE "POEMS OUR READERS HAVE ASKED FOR"INDEX OF TITLES →