Rainbow gold; poems old and new selected for boys and girlsTHE LADY OF SHALOTTReading editionChapter navigation90 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterRAINBOW GOLDRAINBOW GOLDPREFATORY NOTEACKNOWLEDGMENTSILLUSTRATIONSKUBLA KHAN A Vision in a DreamMEG MERRILIESBERRIESROMANCEHYMN OF PANWRITTEN IN MARCH“WHEN THE HOUNDS OF SPRING”SONG“UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE”TO VIOLETSON MAY MORNINGTHE LEPRACAUN OR FAIRY SHOEMAKERHUNTING SONGTHE LADY OF SHALOTTPart IPart IIPart IIIPart IVHYMN TO DIANATHE SONG OF WANDERING AENGUSTHE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVEROBIN HOOD AND THE BUTCHERA SEA SONGEPITAPH ON A HARETHE PILGRIM From “The Pilgrim’s Progress”LULLABY FOR TITANIAISRAFELJAFFÁRA SONG OF SHERWOODTHE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB (710 B.C.)IVRY (March 14, 1590)THE TIGERTHE TERRIBLE ROBBER MENSIR PATRICK SPENS“BLOW, BLOW, THOU WINTER WIND”THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN (A Child’s Story)“TIME, YOU OLD GIPSY MAN”THE SOLITARY REAPERMY LOST YOUTHBATTLE-HYMN OF THE REPUBLICGATHERING SONG OF DONALD DHUTHE MINSTREL-BOYBANNOCKBURN (Robert Bruce’s Address to His Army)FABLEGOOD HOURSWINTERA CHANTED CALENDARTHE CLOUDBUGLE SONGTHE FORSAKEN MERMANNURSE’S SONGTO A MOUSE (On Turning Up Her Nest with the Plough, November, 1785)THE FAIRIESLA BELLE DAME SANS MERCISPRING‘I WANDERED LONELY’THE GAY GOS-HAWKAN OLD SONG OF FAIRIESMOON FOLLY (The Song of Conn the Fool)STAR-TALKJIM JAYTHE GHOSTS OF THE BUFFALOESA CHRISTMAS CAROLESCAPE AT BEDTIMESONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEESEA FEVER“O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!” (In Memory of Abraham Lincoln)THE SNOWA SONG FOR MY MOTHER: HER HANDSTHE FOUNTAINNATURE’S FRIENDTREE-TOADAN ANCIENT CHRISTMAS CAROLAN OLD CHRISTMAS CAROLKING JOHN AND THE ABBOT OF CANTERBURYTHE SANDS OF DEESISTER, AWAKE! (Old English Song)THE SKELETON IN ARMORA PRAYERYOUNG LOCHINVAROFF THE GROUNDAULD DADDY DARKNESSINDEX OF AUTHORSINDEX OF FIRST LINESPrevious chapter ←HUNTING SONGNext chapter →Part IAll chapters and sections (90)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsRAINBOW GOLDRAINBOW GOLDPREFATORY NOTEACKNOWLEDGMENTSILLUSTRATIONSKUBLA KHAN A Vision in a DreamMEG MERRILIESBERRIESROMANCEHYMN OF PANWRITTEN IN MARCH“WHEN THE HOUNDS OF SPRING”SONG“UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE”TO VIOLETSON MAY MORNINGTHE LEPRACAUN OR FAIRY SHOEMAKERHUNTING SONGTHE LADY OF SHALOTTParts1234Part 4 · Other sectionsHYMN TO DIANATHE SONG OF WANDERING AENGUSTHE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVEROBIN HOOD AND THE BUTCHERA SEA SONGEPITAPH ON A HARETHE PILGRIM From “The Pilgrim’s Progress”LULLABY FOR TITANIAISRAFELJAFFÁRA SONG OF SHERWOODTHE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB (710 B.C.)IVRY (March 14, 1590)THE TIGERTHE TERRIBLE ROBBER MENSIR PATRICK SPENS“BLOW, BLOW, THOU WINTER WIND”THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN (A Child’s Story)“TIME, YOU OLD GIPSY MAN”THE SOLITARY REAPERMY LOST YOUTHBATTLE-HYMN OF THE REPUBLICGATHERING SONG OF DONALD DHUTHE MINSTREL-BOYBANNOCKBURN (Robert Bruce’s Address to His Army)FABLEGOOD HOURSWINTERA CHANTED CALENDARTHE CLOUDBUGLE SONGTHE FORSAKEN MERMANNURSE’S SONGTO A MOUSE (On Turning Up Her Nest with the Plough, November, 1785)THE FAIRIESLA BELLE DAME SANS MERCISPRING‘I WANDERED LONELY’THE GAY GOS-HAWKAN OLD SONG OF FAIRIESMOON FOLLY (The Song of Conn the Fool)STAR-TALKJIM JAYTHE GHOSTS OF THE BUFFALOESA CHRISTMAS CAROLESCAPE AT BEDTIMESONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEESEA FEVER“O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!” (In Memory of Abraham Lincoln)THE SNOWA SONG FOR MY MOTHER: HER HANDSTHE FOUNTAINNATURE’S FRIENDTREE-TOADAN ANCIENT CHRISTMAS CAROLAN OLD CHRISTMAS CAROLKING JOHN AND THE ABBOT OF CANTERBURYTHE SANDS OF DEESISTER, AWAKE! (Old English Song)THE SKELETON IN ARMORA PRAYERYOUNG LOCHINVAROFF THE GROUNDAULD DADDY DARKNESSINDEX OF AUTHORSINDEX OF FIRST LINES← HUNTING SONGPart I →
