An anthology of more than 150 poems for young people on all subjects, with comments by the editor. Includes work by Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, John Keats, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and others. Topical chapters include The unconquerable soul; Folk sayings, signs, and charms, The zoo, Roads for wandering, etc.