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Poems of childhood

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By Eugene Field
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A collection of short lyrical poems written for and about children, blending playful nonsense, gentle lullabies, and nostalgic reminiscence. Many pieces evoke bedtime and nursery scenes, give voice to toys and animals, or imagine voyages and fairylike adventures, mixing humor with a tender melancholy. Several poems adapt or echo folk-song material, while others are brief narrative or character sketches that vary in meter and mood. Overall the verses create an intimate domestic atmosphere, inviting readers into childlike wonder through simple rhythms, vivid small-scale imagery, and affectionate observation.

CONTENTS

PAGE
With Trumpet and Drum 1
Krinken 3
The Naughty Doll 5
Nightfall in Dordrecht 7
Intry-Mintry 9
Pittypat and Tippytoe 11
Balow, my Bonnie 14
The Hawthorne Children 16
Little Blue Pigeon (Japanese Lullaby) 19
The Lyttel Boy 20
Teeny-Weeny 22
Nellie 25
Norse Lullaby 27
The Sugar-Plum Tree 28
Grandma’s Prayer 30
Some Time 31
The Fire-Hangbird’s Nest 33
Buttercup, Poppy, Forget-me-not 36
Gold and Love for Dearie 38
The Peace of Christmas-Time 40
To a Little Brook 42
Croodlin’ Doo[A] 45
Little Mistress Sans-Merci 46
Long Ago 48
In the Firelight 50
Cobbler and Stork (Armenian Folk-Lore) 52
“Lollyby, lolly, Lollyby” 56
Lizzie and the Baby 58
At the Door 60
Hugo’s “Child at Play” 61
Wynken, Blynken and Nod (Dutch Lullaby) 62
Hi-Spy 65
Little Boy Blue 66
Father’s Letter 68
Jewish Lullaby 71
Our Whippings 73
The Armenian Mother (Folk-Song) 76
Heigho, my Dearie 78
To a Usurper 80
The Bell-flower Tree 82
Fairy and Child 85
The Grandsire 87
Hushaby, Sweet my Own 89
Child and Mother 91
Medieval Eventide Song 93
The Little Peach 95
Armenian Lullaby 97
Christmas Treasures 99
Oh, Little Child 101
Ganderfeather’s Gift 102
Bambino (Sicilian Folk-Song) 104
Little Homer’s Slate 106
The Rock-a-By Lady 108
“Booh!” 110
Garden and Cradle 111
The Night Wind 112
Kissing Time 114
Jest ’fore Christmas 116
Beard and Baby 118
The Dinkey-Bird 120
The Drum 123
The Dead Babe 125
The Happy Household 127
So, so, Rock-a-by so! 129
The Song of Luddy-Dud 131
The Duel 133
Good-Children Street 135
The Delectable Ballad of the Waller Lot 137
The Fly-Away Horse 144
The Stork 147
The Bottle Tree 149
Googly-Goo 151
The Bench-Legged Fyce 154
Little Miss Brag 157
The Humming-Top 159
Lady Button-Eyes 161
The Ride to Bumpville 164
The Brook 166
Picnic-Time 168
Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks 170
The Shut-Eye Train 172
Little-Oh-Dear 175
Swing High and Swing Low 177
When I was a Boy 178
At Play 180
A Valentine 182
Little All-Aloney 184
The Cunnin’ Little Thing 186
The Doll’s Wooing 188
Inscription for My Little Son’s Silver Plate 190
Seein’ Things 191
Fisherman Jim’s Kids 193
“Fiddle-Dee-Dee” 196
Over the Hills and Far Away 198

FOOTNOTES:

[A] Cooing Dove