Lots of Classic Poems...
And here are a whole lot more classic children's poems. These poems are also ranked by popularity (with the most popular ones at the top), so don't be surprised if they change position when you rate them.
The Swing
by Robert Louis Stevenson
The King's Breakfast
by A.A. Milne
In Praise of Llamas
by Arthur Guiterman
The Dying Fisherman's Song
by Anonymous
The Elf and the Dormouse
by Oliver Herford
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
by Jane Taylor
Eletelephony
by Laura E. Richards
The Tyger
by William Blake
At the Zoo
by A.A. Milne
Jabberwocky
by Lewis Carroll
Table Manners
by Gelett Burgess
Holding Hands
by Leonore M. Link
The Purple Cow
by Gelett Burgess
The Owl and the Pussycat
by Edward Lear
The Quangle Wangle's Hat
by Edward Lear
The Early Owl
by Oliver Herford
There Was a Young Fellow Named Hall
by Anonymous
The Rhinoceros
by Oliver Herford
The Jumblies
by Edward Lear
Rebecca, Who Slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably
by Hilaire Belloc
Habits of the Hippopotamus
by Arthur Guiterman
Pittypat and Tipppytoe
by Eugene Field
Clouds
by Christina Rossetti
How Doth the Little Crocodile
by Lewis Carroll
Predjudice
by Charlotte Perkins Stetson
You Are Old, Father William
by Lewis Carroll
Jim, Who Ran Away from His Nurse, and Was Eaten by a Lion
by Hillaire Belloc
The Walrus and the Carpenter
by Lewis Carroll
If You Ever Meet a Whale
by Anonymous
The Mad Gardener's Song
by Lewis Carroll
Bed in Summer
by Robert Louis Stevenson
My Shadow
by Robert Louis Stevenson
From a Railway Carriage
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Casey at the Bat
by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Paul Revere's Ride
by Henry Wadworth Longfellow
Antonio
by Laura E. Richards
The Little Peach
by Eugene Field
Old Mother Hubbard
by Anonymous
Little Bo Peep
by Anonymous
Over the River and through the Wood
by Lydia Maria Child
The Crocodile
by Oliver Herford
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
by Robert Service
The Wond'rous Wise Man
by Anonymous
The Tutor
by Carolyn Wells
The House that Jack Built
by Anonymous
An Assortment of Short Poems
by Gelett Burgess
The Pobble Who Has No Toes
by Edward Lear
Daddy Fell into the Pond
by Alfred Noyes
Mr. Nobody
by Anonymous
The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo
by Edward Lear
The Camel's Complaint
by Charles Edward Carryl
The Walloping Window-Blind
by Charles Edward Carryl
At the Zoo
by William Makepeace Thackery
I Eat My Peas with Honey
by Anonymous
Theme in Yellow
by Carl Sandburg
The Unfortunate Giraffe
by Oliver Herford
My Dream
by Anonymous
The Answers
by Robert Clairmont
Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore
by William Brighty Rands
Little Boy Blue
by Anonymous
The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet
by Guy Wetmore Carryl
Mary's Lamb
by Sarah Josepha Hale
The Land of Nod
by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Ostrich
by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
The Hunting of the Snark
by Lewis Carroll
The Duel
by Eugene Field
The Cremation of Sam McGee
by Robert Service
Memorumdrums
by Charles Edward Carryl
Jeremy Jangle
by William Brighty Rands
Inhuman Henry
by A.E. Housman
Little Orphant Annie
by James Whitcomb Riley
There Was a Little Girl
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I Saw Esau
by Anonymous
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