Animal Poems

Animal Poems

The Ballad of the True Sportsman, by Arthur Guiterman

Since Walton first in sport began
To lure the ...

Baseball in de Park, by Arthur Guiterman

The Captain of the Neversweats was rooted in hi...

The Bat, by Arthur Guiterman

Airy-mouse, hairy mouse,
Keen-eared contrary...

The Bee, by Arthur Guiterman

Little chemic-artisan,
Doing work no other ca...

The Best and Worst Nail in the Ark, by Arthur Guiterman

Now this is the story (and all of ye hark!)
Of...

A Boy and a Pup, by Arthur Guiterman

The Boy wears a grin,
A scratch on his chin, ...

Burmese Love Song, by Arthur Guiterman

The Moonbeam wooed in velvet night
A Lotus blo...

Come Back, by Arthur Guiterman

There's naught in the town and its profitless p...

The Country Dance, by Arthur Guiterman

Tread of the thistledown
Lighting on the heath...

The Dream of Chuang Tzu, by Arthur Guiterman

In life there's naught
That's true, but Thoug...

Falsehood and Sin, by Arthur Guiterman

FROM THE TALMUD Among the beasts that thronged...

The First Cat, by Arthur Guiterman

The Ark on the dark, multitudinous waters
Was...

The First Thanksgiving Day, by Arthur Guiterman

BOSTON, 1631 The curse of Cain was on the ear...

The Great Tyrannosaurus, by Arthur Guiterman

A FOSSILIFEROUS FABLE The Great Tyrannosaurus
...

Hercules & Co., by Arthur Guiterman

When Hercules, beside the Lake
Of Lerna, cut...

Homes, by Arthur Guiterman

The Cormorant builds on a ledge by the sea;
T...

Homeward Bound, by Arthur Guiterman

There's a pine-built lodge in a rocky mountain ...

How the Birds Came, by Arthur Guiterman

AN INDIAN LEGEND All summer long the forest tr...

Judisthra and His Dog, by Arthur Guiterman

From "The Mahabharata" The end drew nigh. Fors...

A Legend of Maiden Lane, by Arthur Guiterman

'Twas dusk in the dale, but the clover-clad hi...

Little Lost Pup, by Arthur Guiterman

He was lost!--not a shade of doubt of that;
F...

Mikko the Squirrel, by Arthur Guiterman

A PASSAMAQUODDY INDIAN LEGEND Mikko the Squirr...

The Organ-Grinder's Monkey, by Arthur Guiterman

The funny, furry little chap,
His coat is re...

Sleepy Hollow, by Arthur Guiterman

'Twas in the drowsy Moon of Falling Leaves,
A...

A Strike in Fairyland, by Arthur Guiterman

There's terrible trouble in Fairyland,
I hear...