Poems Teachers Ask ForPOEMS TEACHERS ASK FORReading editionChapter navigation239 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…POEMS TEACHERS ASK FORINDEXPREFACEO Captain! My Captain!A Poet's ProphecyThe Landing of the PilgrimsBobby ShaftoeThe Overworked ElocutionistThe Kid Has Gone to the ColorsKentucky BelleAn Inventor's WifeThe Two GlassesAbraham LincolnThe Old Clock on the StairsChrist in FlandersWe Are SevenEchoEngineers Making LoveGuilty or Not GuiltyThe BabySong of the SeaDiffidenceCurfew Must Not Ring To-nightKate ShellyThere's But One Pair of Stockings to Mend To-NightThe Young Man WaitedInvictusKatie Lee and Willie GreyAbou Ben AdhemIn School-DaysMother's FoolKentucky PhilosophyGive Us MenNever Trouble TroubleWhat is GoodThe Penny Ye Mean to GieLeedle Yawcob StraussTo-daySo Was IIs It Worth While?Life's MirrorThe Little Black-Eyed RebelA Day Well SpentSay Not the Struggle Nought AvailethThe Miller of the DeeThe Old Red CradleThe Moo Cow MooAll Things Bright and BeautifulAn Order for a PictureWho Won the War?Mothers of MenPlain Bob and a JobAunt TabithaThe Flag Goes ByThe Rivers of FranceSeven Times OneSeven Times TwoSeven Times ThreeSeven Times FourAutumn WoodsThe Drummer Boy of Mission RidgeIf—Second TableThe ChildrenA Visit from St. NicholasYour MissionThe House by the Side of the RoadAsleep at the SwitchEach in His Own TongueHow Cyrus Laid the CableJane JonesThe Leap of Roushan BegOld IronsidesA Psalm of LifeJohnny's Hist'ry LessonRiding on the RailThe Building of the ShipThe Dead Pussy CatThe Owl CriticAt School-CloseThe Wild White RoseL'EnvoiWhistling in HeavenSleep, Baby, SleepThe Lost ChordThe Children's HourWoodman, Spare That Tree!Little Brown HandsBarbara FrietchieI Want to Go to MorrowOut in the FieldsThe Bluebird's SongThe Main Truck, or a Leap for LifeThe Arrow and the SongThe Green Mountain JusticeJane ConquestNathan HaleThe Lips That Touch Liquor Must Never Touch MineA Perfect DayKate KetchemMandalayColumbus"Sister's Best Feller"Where the West BeginsThe Tapestry WeaversWhen the Teacher Gets CrossRecessionalThe Eternal GoodnessDriving Home the CowsA Song of Our FlagWhen the Minister Comes to TeaWhen the Cows Come HomeCuster's Last ChargeA Boy and His StomachOn the Shores of TennesseeThe White-Footed DeerMount Vernon's BellsGradatimMr. Finney's TurnipThe Village BlacksmithYou and YouThe First Snow-fallThe Concord HymnCasey at the BatCasey's RevengeRock Me to SleepAn Answer to "Rock Me to Sleep"Bay BillyThe Legend of the Organ-BuilderOur FolksThe Face upon the FloorThe Calf PathThe Ride of Jennie M'NealThe Hand That Rules the WorldWhat I Live ForMy Love ShipThe Man With the HoePoorhouse NanWhy Should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud!How He Saved St. Michael'sBingen on the RhineCollege Oil CansGod's Judgment on a Wicked BishopThe Last HymnA Fence or an AmbulanceThe Smack in SchoolA Woman's QuestionLascaOver the Hill to the Poor-HouseThe American FlagGolden KeysThe Four-leaf CloverTelling the Bees"Not Understood"Somebody's MotherTo a WaterfowlMy MotherThe Walrus and the CarpenterThe Teacher's DreamA Legend of BregenzBetter Than GoldOctober's Bright Blue WeatherBrier-RoseKing Robert of SicilyThe HuskersDarius Green and His Flying MachineSong of the ShirtChristmas EverywhereThe CloudTo a SkylarkThe BrookJuneThe Planting of the Apple-TreeCharacter of the Happy WarriorThe Charge of the Light BrigadeSheridan's RideO Little Town of BethlehemThe Chambered NautilusNobilityThe WindThe Owl and The Pussy-CatThe FrostThe Corn SongOn His BlindnessA Boy's SongNovemberLittle BirdieThe FairiesThe Wonderful WorldBe StrongSong: The OwlOpportunityOpportunitySweet and LowThe Barefoot BoyPolonius' Advice to LaertesA FableSupposeI Like Little PussyThanksgiving-DayDaffodilsTo a ButterflyTo The Fringed GentianThe Song of the CampShe Walks in BeautyThe BuildersThe Brown ThrushThe Quality of MercyDon't Give UpIncident of the French CampThe Bugle SongA Child's Thought of GodThe Blue and The GrayGood Night and Good MorningLady MoonBreathes There the Man With Soul So Dead?Pippa's SongTwinkle, Twinkle, Little StarCrossing the BarThe TreeThe FountainThe Leak in the DikeRobert of LincolnWishingThe Burial of Sir John Moore at CorunnaHow Many Seconds in a Minute?To-dayThe Wind and the MoonThe Little PlantPaul Revere's RideIn Flanders FieldsIn Flanders Fields: An AnswerLittle Boy BlueThanatopsisThe First Settler's StorySeein' ThingsThe Raggedy ManMaud MullerSister and IBeginning of this editionNext chapter →INDEXAll chapters and sections (239)POEMS TEACHERS ASK FORINDEXPREFACEO Captain! My Captain!A Poet's ProphecyThe Landing of the PilgrimsBobby ShaftoeThe Overworked ElocutionistThe Kid Has Gone to the ColorsKentucky BelleAn Inventor's WifeThe Two GlassesAbraham LincolnThe Old Clock on the StairsChrist in FlandersWe Are SevenEchoEngineers Making LoveGuilty or Not GuiltyThe BabySong of the SeaDiffidenceCurfew Must Not Ring To-nightKate ShellyThere's But One Pair of Stockings to Mend To-NightThe Young Man WaitedInvictusKatie Lee and Willie GreyAbou Ben AdhemIn School-DaysMother's FoolKentucky PhilosophyGive Us MenNever Trouble TroubleWhat is GoodThe Penny Ye Mean to GieLeedle Yawcob StraussTo-daySo Was IIs It Worth While?Life's MirrorThe Little Black-Eyed RebelA Day Well SpentSay Not the Struggle Nought AvailethThe Miller of the DeeThe Old Red CradleThe Moo Cow MooAll Things Bright and BeautifulAn Order for a PictureWho Won the War?Mothers of MenPlain Bob and a JobAunt TabithaThe Flag Goes ByThe Rivers of FranceSeven Times OneSeven Times TwoSeven Times ThreeSeven Times FourAutumn WoodsThe Drummer Boy of Mission RidgeIf—Second TableThe ChildrenA Visit from St. NicholasYour MissionThe House by the Side of the RoadAsleep at the SwitchEach in His Own TongueHow Cyrus Laid the CableJane JonesThe Leap of Roushan BegOld IronsidesA Psalm of LifeJohnny's Hist'ry LessonRiding on the RailThe Building of the ShipThe Dead Pussy CatThe Owl CriticAt School-CloseThe Wild White RoseL'EnvoiWhistling in HeavenSleep, Baby, SleepThe Lost ChordThe Children's HourWoodman, Spare That Tree!Little Brown HandsBarbara FrietchieI Want to Go to MorrowOut in the FieldsThe Bluebird's SongThe Main Truck, or a Leap for LifeThe Arrow and the SongThe Green Mountain JusticeJane ConquestNathan HaleThe Lips That Touch Liquor Must Never Touch MineA Perfect DayKate KetchemMandalayColumbus"Sister's Best Feller"Where the West BeginsThe Tapestry WeaversWhen the Teacher Gets CrossRecessionalThe Eternal GoodnessDriving Home the CowsA Song of Our FlagWhen the Minister Comes to TeaWhen the Cows Come HomeCuster's Last ChargeA Boy and His StomachOn the Shores of TennesseeThe White-Footed DeerMount Vernon's BellsGradatimMr. Finney's TurnipThe Village BlacksmithYou and YouThe First Snow-fallThe Concord HymnCasey at the BatCasey's RevengeRock Me to SleepAn Answer to "Rock Me to Sleep"Bay BillyThe Legend of the Organ-BuilderOur FolksThe Face upon the FloorThe Calf PathThe Ride of Jennie M'NealThe Hand That Rules the WorldWhat I Live ForMy Love ShipThe Man With the HoePoorhouse NanWhy Should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud!How He Saved St. Michael'sBingen on the RhineCollege Oil CansGod's Judgment on a Wicked BishopThe Last HymnA Fence or an AmbulanceThe Smack in SchoolA Woman's QuestionLascaOver the Hill to the Poor-HouseThe American FlagGolden KeysThe Four-leaf CloverTelling the Bees"Not Understood"Somebody's MotherTo a WaterfowlMy MotherThe Walrus and the CarpenterThe Teacher's DreamA Legend of BregenzBetter Than GoldOctober's Bright Blue WeatherBrier-RoseKing Robert of SicilyThe HuskersDarius Green and His Flying MachineSong of the ShirtChristmas EverywhereThe CloudTo a SkylarkThe BrookJuneThe Planting of the Apple-TreeCharacter of the Happy WarriorThe Charge of the Light BrigadeSheridan's RideO Little Town of BethlehemThe Chambered NautilusNobilityThe WindThe Owl and The Pussy-CatThe FrostThe Corn SongOn His BlindnessA Boy's SongNovemberLittle BirdieThe FairiesThe Wonderful WorldBe StrongSong: The OwlOpportunityOpportunitySweet and LowThe Barefoot BoyPolonius' Advice to LaertesA FableSupposeI Like Little PussyThanksgiving-DayDaffodilsTo a ButterflyTo The Fringed GentianThe Song of the CampShe Walks in BeautyThe BuildersThe Brown ThrushThe Quality of MercyDon't Give UpIncident of the French CampThe Bugle SongA Child's Thought of GodThe Blue and The GrayGood Night and Good MorningLady MoonBreathes There the Man With Soul So Dead?Pippa's SongTwinkle, Twinkle, Little StarCrossing the BarThe TreeThe FountainThe Leak in the DikeRobert of LincolnWishingThe Burial of Sir John Moore at CorunnaHow Many Seconds in a Minute?To-dayThe Wind and the MoonThe Little PlantPaul Revere's RideIn Flanders FieldsIn Flanders Fields: An AnswerLittle Boy BlueThanatopsisThe First Settler's StorySeein' ThingsThe Raggedy ManMaud MullerSister and ISelected by READERS OF "NORMAL INSTRUCTOR-PRIMARY PLANS"COMPRISING THE POEMS MOST FREQUENTLY REQUESTED FOR PUBLICATION IN THAT MAGAZINE ON THE PAGE "POEMS OUR READERS HAVE ASKED FOR"INDEX →