Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPINNERS, by OVIE PEDIGO TANNER First Line: Spider - spinning up and down Last Line: When he weathered ocean gales. Subject(s): Children; Tops (toys); Childhood | ||||||||
Spider -- spinning up and down, -- Busy creature -- round and round; House of silv'ry, gauzy thread, Through the swaying branches spread. Happy little Laddie Boy, -- With a shining brand-new toy; See it spinning on the ground -- With its merry humming sound. Mother -- rising with the sun, -- Daily spinning to be done For some money to buy bread; Hungry children must be fed. Grandpa -- 'neath a shady tree With his comrades -- two or three, -- Spinning old-time, salt-spiced tales, When he weathered ocean gales. | 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 TO A FAT LADY SEEN FROM THE TRAIN by FRANCES CROFTS DARWIN CORNFORD THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE OLD GREY MARE by MOTHER GOOSE |
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