BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES

BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES -A POEM

By Leila B Stockton 

Buttercups and daisies, pretty and so gay, 
Shining golden faces full of cheer alway, 

The raindrops only make you a thousand times more 

bright, 

Buttercups and daisies you are a winsome sight. 

(Cut) 

Cut Amid the tall green grasses, you nod to all Good-

 day, 

Mongst your petals gold and white, the breezes 

deftly play, 

The bees and butterflies delight, 

To hover o'er you on their flight,

And from the clear, blue sky above, 

The sun sends to you beams of love.  

References:

1. The Kindergarten Primary Magazine 1919

2. BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY OSCAR PLETSCH PRINTED IN COLOURS BY LEIGHTON BROTHERS ADVOCATES LIBRARY DINBURG LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS THE BROADWAY LUDGATE NEW YORK 416 BROOME STREET 

AMERICA VICTORIOUS

 

AMERICA VICTORIOUS - A POEM

(For Memorial Day) 

By Leila B Stockton 

Over here our hearts were waiting 
For the tidings glad, of peace. 

Just to hear of warfare ended, 

Causing enmity to cease. 

Over here ,what joy o'er flowing, 

From our hearts in deep delight, 

When the victory we d longed for 

Came in glorious, shining might! 

Over here we all united 

In a heartfelt, thankful prayer, 

Praising God on High, Who helped us 

Gain our victory over there. 

Over here the people grieving 

For their boys in battle lost 

Knew in gaining world-war victory 

They had helped to pay the cost. 

Through the world may the Peace Angel 

Ever rule in soul of man, 

Blessing us, and all the nations 

As no other power can. 

References:

1. The Kindergarten Primary Magazine 1919

2. THOMAS JOHNSON MEMBER OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS FIRST GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT BY EDWARD S DELAPLAINE THE LIFE OF FREDERICK H HITCHCOCK The Grafton Press NEW YORK MCMXXVII 

DECORATION DAY

 

DECORATION DAY 

by Celia Thaxter 

Here bring your purple and gold, 
Glory of color and scent! 

Scarlet of tulips bold, 

Buds blue as the firmament. 

Hushed is the sound of the fife 

And the bugle piping clear; 

The vivid and delicate life 

In the soul of the youthful year. 

We bring to the quiet dead 

A gentle and tempered grief; 

O'er the mounds so mute we shed 

The beauty of blossom and leaf. 

Rich fires of the gardens and meads, 

We kindle these hearts above! 

What splendor shall match their deeds? 

What sweetness can match our love? 

The History Of The Decoration Day

General John A Logan, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, in 1868 designated the thirtieth day of May as the day on which the graves of dead Union soldiers should be decorated, and this date is now universally observed throughout the Northern states. 

References:

1. The Kindergarten Primary Magazine  1919

2. The World Book Organized Knowledge In Story And Picture 1920