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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "little children, never give" Last Line: Nor do these gentle creatures wrong Subject(s): Animal Rights;mnemonics; Animal Abuse;vivisection | |||
Little children, never give Pain to things that feel and live: Let the gentle robin come For the crumbs you save at home, -- As his meat you throw along He'll repay you with a song; Never hurt the timid hare Peeping from her green grass lair, Let her come and sport and play On the lawn at close of day; The little lark goes soaring high To the bright windows of the sky, Singing as if 'twere always spring, And fluttering on an untired wing, -- Oh! let him sing his happy song, Nor do these gentle creatures wrong. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENTERING THE SOUTH by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE ARTIC OX by MARIANNE MOORE MARY'S LAMB by SARAH JOSEPHA BUELL HALE PLEA FOR A CAPTIVE by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 97 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI KINDNESS TO ANIMALS by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY PET'S PUNISHMENT by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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