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Printable Summer poems for kids - children's printable poetry for Summer


Summer Poetry


At the Sea-Side Summer PoemAt the Sea-Side
by Robert Louis Stevenson

Bed in Summer PoemBed in Summer
by Robert Louis Stevenson

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by Mary Howitt

Summer Poetry - DaisiesDaisies
by Evaleen Stein

Daybreak - Summer RhymesDaybreak
by Henry W. Longfellow

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by Evaleen Stein

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by Ella Higginson

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by Evaleen Stein

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by Elaine Goodale

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by Robert Louis Stevenson

Printable Summer poems for kids - Midsummer JoysMidsummer Joys
by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.

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by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.

Printable Summer poems for children - Rain in SummerRain in Summer
by Henry W. Longfellow

Printable Summer poems for children - Summer is ComingSummer is Coming
by Dora Goodale

Summer Sun - Poetry and RhymesSummer Sun
by Robert Louis Stevenson

Printable Summer poems for kids - The Brook SongThe Brook Song
by James Whitcomb Riley

Printable Summer poetry for kids - The Fairies of Caldon LowThe Fairies of Caldon Low
by Mary Howitt

The Flowers - Printable Summer poetry for childrenThe Flowers
by Robert Louis Stevenson

Printable Summer poems for kids - The GardenerThe Gardener
by Robert Louis Stevenson

Printable Summer poems for kids - The Unseen PlaymateThe Unseen Playmate
by Robert Louis Stevenson

Children's printable poetry for Summer - The Violet and the BeeThe Violet and the Bee
by John Banniser Tabb

Where go the Boats? - Summer PoetryWhere go the Boats?
by Robert Louis Stevenson

 

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The Unseen Playmate
by Robert Louis Stevenson

When children are playing alone on the green,
In comes the playmate that never was seen.
When children are happy and lonely and good,
The Friend of the Children comes out of the wood.

Nobody heard him, and nobody saw,
His is a picture you never could draw,
But he's sure to be present, abroad or at home,
When children are happy and playing alone.

He lies in the laurels, he runs on the grass,
He sings when you tinkle the musical glass;
Whene'er you are happy and cannot tell why,
The Friend of the Children is sure to be by!

He loves to be little, he hates to be big,
'Tis he that inhabits the caves that you dig;
'Tis he when you play with your soldiers of tin
That sides with the Frenchmen and never can win.

'Tis he, when at night you go off to your bed,
Bids you go to sleep and not trouble your head;
For wherever they're lying, in cupboard or shelf,
'Tis he will take care of your playthings himself!

 

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