Alone (Poem by Edgar Allan Poe) Alone By Edgar Allan Poe From childhood's hour I have not been As others were — I have not seen As others saw — I could not bring My passions fr…
To A Child Dancing in the Wind (Poem by William Butler Yeats) To A Child Dancing in the Wind By William Butler Yeats Dance there upon the shore; What need have you to care For wind or water’s roar? …
Sweet Sister (Poem by Victor Hugo) Sweet Sister By Victor Hugo Sweet sister, if you knew, like me, The charms of guileless infancy, No more you'd envy riper years, Or smiles, more…
On the Birth of a Posthumous Child (Poem by Robert Burns) On the Birth of a Posthumous Child By Robert Burns Sweet flow’ret, pledge o’ meikle love, And ward o’ mony a pray’r, What heart o’ stane wad tho…
Memories of A Childhood (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke) Memories of A Childhood By Rainer Maria Rilke The darkness hung like richness in the room When like a dream the mother entered there An…
Still be a Child (Poem by Victor Hugo) Still be a Child By Victor Hugo In youthful spirits wild, Smile, for all beams on thee; Sport, sing, be still the child, The flower, the hon…
The Dying Child to its Mother (Poem by Victor Hugo) The Dying Child to its Mother By Victor Hugo Ah, you said too often to your angel There are other angels in the sky — There, where nothing chan…
Childhood (Poem by Victor Hugo) Childhood By Victor Hugo The small child sang; the mother, outstretched on the low bed, With anguish moaned, — fair Form pain should possess not…