Louisa May Alcott's Poetry, by popularity

• Hither, Hither

  Hither, hither, from thy home,
          Airy sprite, I bid thee come!

  17 lines
• In The Garret

  Four little chests all in a row,
          Dim with dust, and worn by time,

  100 lines
• I Wish I Had A Quiet Tomb

  "I wish I had a quiet tomb,
          Beside a little rill;

  3 lines
• I Write About The Butterfly

  "I write about the butterfly,
          It is a pretty thing;

  13 lines
• Here's A Nut

  "Here's a nut, there's a nut;
          Hide it quick away,

  7 lines
• Here Is The Bracelet

  "Here is the bracelet
          For good little May

  15 lines
• Lily-Bell

  "Bright shines the summer sun,
      Soft is the summer air;

  18 lines
• I Slept, And Dreamed That Life Was Beauty

  "I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty;
          I woke, and found that life was duty.

  5 lines
• 'Y' Are The Maiden Posies

  ''Y' are the maiden posies,
          And so graced,

  7 lines
• And If Your Nancy Frowns, My Lad

  '"And if your Nancy frowns, my lad,
          And scorns a jacket blue,

  3 lines
• Gingerbread

  "Gingerbread,
      Go to the head.

  17 lines
• Dear Grif

  "Dear Grif,
      Here is a whiff

  13 lines
• Beds To The Front Of Them

  "Beds to the front of them,
      Beds to the right of them,

  11 lines
• Fragments from "Under The Lilacs".

  "So he took up his bow,
          And he feathered his arrow,

  24 lines
• A Lament For S. B. Pat Paw

  We mourn the loss of our little pet,
          And sigh o'er her hapless fate,

  28 lines
• French Song

  "J'avais une colombe blanche,
      J'avais un blanc petit pigeon,

  7 lines
• Bide A Wee

  'The puir auld folk at home, ye mind,
          Are frail and failing sair;

  17 lines
• Brighter Shone The Golden Shadows

  Brighter shone the golden shadows;
      On the cool wind softly came

  25 lines
• Flowers, Dear Flowers, Farewell!

  "We are sending you, dear flowers,
      Forth alone to die,

  16 lines
• Give Me Freshening Breeze, My Boys

  'Give me freshening breeze, my boys,
          A white and swelling sail,

  7 lines
• He Prayeth Best Who Loveth Best

  "He prayeth best who loveth best
          All things, both great and small;

  3 lines
• He That Is Down Need Fear No Fall

  He that is down need fear no fall,
          He that is low no pride.

  13 lines
• Hello! Hello!

  "Hello! hello!
          Come down below,--

  11 lines
• Chevalita

  "Chevalita,
          Pretty cretr,

  7 lines
• Fragments from "The Mysterious Key And What It Opened"

  Love comes to all soon or late,
          And maketh gay or sad;

  3 lines
• Healfast, Healfast, Ye Hero Wounds

  '"Healfast, healfast, ye hero wounds;
          O knight, be quickly strong!

  4 lines
• Chingery Wangery Chan

  "In China there lived a little man,
          His name was Chingery Wangery Chan."

  28 lines
• Clover-Blossom

  In a quiet, pleasant meadow,
      Beneath a summer sky,

  211 lines
• Fragments

  I am the monarch of the Sea,
          The ruler of the Queen's Navee,--

  43 lines
• For Myself Alone, I Would Not Be

  "For myself alone, I would not be
          Ambitious in my wish; but, for you,

  4 lines

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