Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHILDREN'S JUNE SONG, by LUCY LARCOM Poet's Biography First Line: Little ones, let us be happy together Last Line: Each life be his blossom, each soul be his song! Subject(s): Children; Childhood | ||||||||
LITTLE ones, let us be happy together In this beautiful world of ours! Let us be glad in this sweet June weather, With the birds and the breezes and flowers, With the grass and the earth, with the sky and the sun -- Let us be glad in the summer begun! There are praises rising, and prayers are springing, From the heart of creation to-day; Hark! Faith with a chant and a carol is winging Her flight up the heavenly way! Let thought unto thought with the sweetness ring! Little ones, open your hearts and sing! For a loving life breathes a fragrance dearer To God than the breath of a rose, And the song of the soul has a melody clearer Than the lark or the linnet knows; And ever He leans from the silence dim And waits for the music you make to Him. Little ones, let us be part of the story Of joy that the world has to tell! Let us bloom in the beauty and sing of the glory Of God, who has loved us so well! Let us give Him ourselves, for to Him we belong -- Each life be His blossom, each soul be His song! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE |
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