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Abraham Lincoln Walks At Midnight         $2.50

Vachel Lindsay. 4 min. Beautiful poem. 'And who will bring white peace that he may sleep upon the hill again.'
isbn 1-60045-210-8 

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Ballad Of East And West         $4.00

Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth! Kipling. 8 min. A story poem. ISBN 1-60045-213-2 

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Congo         $4.00

Vachel Lindsay. 10 min. Excerpts from beautiful and weird poem. (Designate Dramatic poem when ordering.) ISBN 1-60045-247-7 

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Cry Of The Children         $4.00

Elizabeth Browning. 9 min. ISBN 1-60045-249-3 

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Dining Room Tea         $3.00

Rupert Brooke. 5 min. A beautiful poem mingling fancy and philosophy. ISBN 1-60045-092-X 

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Forgive Me When I Whine         $2.50

Others are seen with one foot, or blind or deaf. 32 lines. ISBN 1-60045-252-3 

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In The Children's Hospital         $3.00

Tennyson. 6 min. The nurse tells of Emmie and her faith. ISBN 1-60045-015-6 

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Inasmuch         $3.00

Edwin Markham. 4 min. Man gives his coat to a beggar. ISBN 1-60045-251-5 

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Just Let Him Send A Valentine         $3.00

Kempe. 5 min. For teenage girl. ISBN 1-60045-064-4 

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Legend Of Service         $4.00

Henry Van Dyke. 7 min. A most inspirational poem. An angel goes to find which of three followers love the Lord best. ISBN 1-60045-062-8 

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Miantowona         $4.00

Thomas Bailey Aldrich. 8 min. Dramatic poem. A beautiful Indian legend. ISBN 1-60045-074-1 

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My Rival         $3.00

Kipling. 3 min. Clever poem for girl. 'I'm seventeen, while she is forty-nine.' ISBN 1-60045-250-7 

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Nothing To Wear         $4.00

Butler. 8 min. A man tells of his fiancee's Paris creations. Three months later, 'like all women since the days of Mother Eve,' she has 'nothing to wear.' Very clever. ISBN 1-60045-150-0 

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Painter Of Seville, The         $4.00

Longfellow, 9 min. The Dramatic story of a slave boy, Sebastian Gomez, who became a celebrated artist in Spain. ISBN 1-60045-053-9 

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Patterns         $4.00

Amy Lowell. 8 min. This lovely poem will be welcomed for many, many programs. An excerpt: 'I walk down the garden paths in my still, brocaded gown. With my powdered hair and jeweled fan, I too am a rare pattern.'
ISBN 1-60045-228-0 

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Raven,The         $4.00

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,--
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
It is some visitor, I muttered, tapping at my chamber door;
Only this, and nothing more.
Edgar Allen Poe. 5 min. ISBN 1-60045-223-X 

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River Of Stars         $4.00

Alfred Noyes. From his book of Poems. 7 min. Beautiful Indian legend of Niagara Falls. Very Dramatic. Most effective when done in costume, and with background of Indian music. ISBN 1-60045-042-3 

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St.Crispin's Day         $3.00

4 min. This speech of King Henry's was said to be John F. Kennedy's favorite selection from Shakespeare. 

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The Highwayman         $4.00

Alfred Noyes. 8 min. Dramatic story, beautifully written in verse, of a girl trying to save the life of her lover, the highwayman. ISBN 1-60045-363-5  

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There Was Once A Starveling Child         $3.00

Ed. Arlington Robertson. 5 min. From 'Captain Craig.' Beautiful and very Dramatic.' ISBN 1-60045-057-1  

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Touch Of The Master's Hand         $2.50

M. Welch. 3 min. A battered violin at auction sells for thousands after a master plays it. So a life, battered with sin, is changed 'by the touch of the Master's hand.' ISBN 1-60045-041-5 

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Walrus And The Carpenter         $4.00

Carrol. 6 min. From 'Alice in Wonderland.' ISBN 1-60045-180-2 

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Wanderer,The         $4.00

Wordsworth. 9 min. Excerpts from the beautiful story-poem. 'The Excursion.' ISBN 1-60045-072-5 

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Wings Of The Cliff         $3.00

Hazel J. Mosely. 4 min. This is one of the most beautiful Poems we offer. ISBN 1-60045-089-X 

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