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A.A. Milne's Poetry, by first line

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  • The Morning Walk
    When Anne and I go out a walk,
    We hold each other's hand and talk
    9 lines
  • Pinkle Purr
    Tattoo was the mother of Pinkle Purr,
    A little black nothing of feet and fur;
    24 lines, 2 comments
  • Missing
    Has anybody seen my mouse?
    I opened his box for half a minute,
    16 lines, 1 comment
  • Buckingham Palace
    They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
    Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
    30 lines, 3 comments
  • The Christening
    What shall I call
    My dear little dormouse?
    14 lines
  • If I Were King
    I often wish I were a King,
    And then I could do anything.
    16 lines, 1 comment
  • Independence
    I never did, I never did,
    I never did like "Now take care, dear!"
    8 lines
  • Rice Pudding
    What is the matter with Mary Jane?
    She's crying with all her might and main,
    20 lines
  • Politeness
    If people ask me,
    I always tell them:
    13 lines, 1 comment
  • The King's Breakfast
    The King's Breakfast
    The King asked
    98 lines, 1 comment
  • Market Square
    I had a penny,
    A bright new penny,
    48 lines, 4 comments
  • Hoppity
    Christopher Robin goes
    Hoppity, hoppity,
    15 lines
  • Brownie
    In a corner of the bedroom is a great big curtain,
    Someone lives behind it, but I don't know who;
    8 lines, 1 comment
  • Halfway Down
    Halfway down the stairs
    is a stair
    24 lines, 4 comments
  • Happiness
    John had
    Great Big
    16 lines
  • Daffodowndilly
    She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,
    She wore her greenest gown;
    7 lines
  • Teddy Bear
    A bear, however hard he tries,
    Grows tubby without exercise.
    115 lines, 4 comments
  • In The Fashion
    A lion has a tail and a very fine tail
    And so has an elephant and so has a whale,
    15 lines
  • Tails
    A LION has a tail and a very fine tail,
    And so has an elephant, and so has a whale,
    13 lines
  • The Mirror
    Between the woods the afternoon
    Its fallen in a golden swoon,
    10 lines
  • Sneezles
    Christopher Robin
    Had wheezles
    63 lines, 3 comments
  • Cottleston Pie
    Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie,
    A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly.
    13 lines
  • The Four Friends
    Ernest was an elephant, a great big fellow,
    Leonard was a lion with a six foot tail,
    23 lines, 13 comments
  • Swing Song
    Here I go up in my swing
      Ever so high.
    8 lines
  • Forgiven
    I found a little beetle; so that Beetle was his name,
    And I called him Alexander and he answered just the same.
    31 lines, 3 comments
  • Solitude
    I have a house where I go
    When there's too many people,
    7 lines
  • Puppy And I
    I met a Man as I went walking:
    We got talking,
    38 lines, 12 comments
  • Sand-Between-The-Toes
    I went down to the shouting sea,
    Taking Christopher down with me,
    33 lines
  • The Wrong House
    I went into a house, and it wasn't a house,
    It has big steps and a great big hall;
    26 lines, 2 comments
  • Furry Bear
    If I were a bear,
    And a big bear too,
    15 lines, 1 comment
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