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The Infant’s Delight:
Poetry by Anonymous
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Poems of American Patriotism
by Brander Matthews
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The Five Books of Youth
by Robert Hillyer
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The Song of Hiawatha
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The Children’s Own Longfellow
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Poems
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Complete Prose Works
by Walt Whitman
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Poems By Walt Whitman
by Walt Whitman
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Graded Poetry: Seventh Year
by Various
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Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing
Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study
by Anonymous
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Poems
by Anne Brontë and Charlotte Brontë and Emily Brontë
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Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete
by Emily Dickinson
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The Book of American Negro Poetry
James Weldon Johnson
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Gems of Poetry, for Girls and Boys [1850]
by Unknown
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War Poetry of the South
by Various
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It Can Be Done
Poems of Inspiration
by Joseph Morris
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Some excellent choices for memorization & recitation — MM

The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century
by William Lyon Phelps
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Poems Every Child Should Know
by Various
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Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools
by Various
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A Study of Poetry
by Bliss Perry
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Aristotle on the Art of Poetry
by Aristotle
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