Rainbow Gold: Poems Old and New Selected for Boys and Girls

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This collection of poems, selected by Sara Teasdale, a talented poet in her own right, is made to appeal to children, both girls and boys. They are not poems about children, but for children. Neither does this mean that they are childish, but rather that they capture the imagination of children both in subject matter and the richness of the lyrical language of the poems themselves. They range through the great classical poets from Milton to Poe, in all of their variety and vigor. What child could not be captivated by Blake’s, The Tiger, or enchanted by Lanier’s Song of the Chattahoochee? Here in these verses, we all are children. -summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Poetry

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Prefatory Note BettyB
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Play 01 Kubla Khan: A Vision in a Dream Larry Wilson
00:03:20
Play 02 Meg Merrilies Jason in Panama
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Play 03 Berries avocado
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Play 04 Romance Alitheia
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Play 05 Hymn of Pan Jason in Panama
00:02:27
Play 06 Written in March Kangaroo
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Play 07 ''When the Hounds of Spring'' Carol
00:02:56
Play 08 Song Kangaroo
00:00:40
Play 09 Under the Greenwood Tree Jason in Panama
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Play 10 To Violets Jason in Panama
00:00:51
Play 11 On May Morning Kangaroo
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Play 12 The Leprecaun or Fairy Shoemaker BettyB
00:02:57
Play 13 Hunting Song Jason in Panama
00:01:58
Play 14 The Lady of Shalott Larry Wilson
00:07:45
Play 15 Hymn to Diana Jason in Panama
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Play 16 The Song of Wandering Aengus Carol
00:01:52
Play 17 The Shepherd to His Love Larry Wilson
00:01:43
Play 18 Robin Hood and the Butcher Kalynda
00:05:31
Play 19 A Sea Song Larry Wilson
00:01:22
Play 20 Epitaph on a Hare Felicity12
00:02:18
Play 21 The Pilgrim Kangaroo
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Play 22 Lullaby for Titania Twinkle
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Play 23 Israfel BettyB
00:02:31
Play 24 Jaffar Nemo
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Play 25 A Song of Sherwood BettyB
00:03:43
Play 26 The Destruction of Sennacherib Larry Wilson
00:02:00
Play 27 Ivry BettyB
00:04:56
Play 28 The Tiger Larry Wilson
00:01:27
Play 29 The Terrible Robber Men Carol
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Play 30 Sir Patrick Spens Sonia
00:04:32
Play 31 ''Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind'' Kangaroo
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Play 32 The Pied Piper of Hamelin (A Child's Story) Ian King
00:15:41
Play 33 ''Time, You Old Gipsy Man'' Carol
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Play 34 The Solitary Reaper Ian King
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Play 35 My Lost Youth Ian King
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Play 36 Battle-Hymn of the Republic Kangaroo
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Play 37 Gathering Song of Donald Dhu Sonia
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Play 38 The Minstrel-Boy Kangaroo
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Play 39 Bannockburn (Robert Bruce's Address to His Army) Sonia
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Play 40 Fable BettyB
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Play 41 Good Hours Carol
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Play 42 Winter Kangaroo
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Play 43 A Chanted Calendar Kathleen Moore
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Play 44 The Cloud Kathleen Moore
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Play 45 Bugle Song Kathleen Moore
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Play 46 The Forsaken Merman Kathleen Moore
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Play 47 Nurse's Song Kathleen Moore
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Play 48 To a Mouse Kathleen Moore
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Play 49 The Fairies Efia Tora
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Play 50 La Belle Dame Sans Merci Carol
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Play 51 Spring Kangaroo
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Play 52 ''I Wandered Lonely'' Kangaroo
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Play 53 The Gay Gos-Hawk BettyB
00:06:01
Play 54 An Old Song of Fairies BettyB
00:02:15
Play 55 Moon Folly (The Song of Conn the Fool) Carol
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Play 56 Star-Talk BettyB
00:01:59
Play 57 Jim Jay BettyB
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Play 58 The Ghosts of the Buffaloes BettyB
00:05:11
Play 59 A Christmas Carol Larry Wilson
00:01:43
Play 60 Escape at Bedtime Evan Smith
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Play 61 Song of the Chattahoochee Carol
00:03:22
Play 62 Sea Fever Larry Wilson
00:01:23
Play 63 ''O Captain! My Captain!'' Larry Wilson
00:02:09
Play 64 The Snow thestorygirl
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Play 65 A Song for My Mother: Her Hands Carol
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Play 66 The Fountain Efia Tora
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Play 67 Nature's Friend Efia Tora
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Play 68 Tree-Toad BettyB
00:01:34
Play 69 An Ancient Christmas Carol Carol
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Play 70 An Old Christmas Carol BettyB
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Play 71 King John and the Abbot of Canterbury BettyB
00:06:11
Play 72 The Sands of Dee Carol
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Play 73 Sister Awake! (Old English Song) Kalynda
00:00:58
Play 74 The Skeleton in Armor Sonia
00:06:16
Play 75 By Bendemeer's Stream Carol
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Play 76 A Prayer Larry Wilson
00:01:17
Play 77 Young Lochinvar Nemo
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Play 78 Off the Ground BettyB
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Play 79 Auld Daddy Darkness Sonia
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