THE TWELVE
MONTHS
By Christina
Rossetti
January with cold is
set,
February is chill and
wet.
March wind often
rages.
In April weather
changes.
Pretty flowers come in
May,
Sunny June brings longest
day.
In hot July the skies are
clear.
Then August with corn is
here.
For fruit September opens
the way,
October sweeps the leaves
away.
Next enters gray
November,
And, lastly, snowy
December.
THE
MONTHS
By R L.
Stevenson
Thirty days has
September.
April, June and
November;
February has twenty-eight
alone.
And the test have
thirty-one,
Excepting leap-year, that's
the time.
When February days are
twenty-nine.
THE
SNOW-FALL
By F.D.
Sherman
In January we are
happy
To see the
snow-fail
But the poor little
birds
Are not happy at
all!
SNOW-FLAKES
(A
song)
By Susan and Anita
Weinberger
Snow-flakes fall on trees
and walk.
Snow-flakes fall as white
as chalk.
Snow-flakes fail into my
hand.
Snow-flakes brighten up our
land!
FEBRUARY
By Ivy
Russell
Grey is the
sky
And the wind is
chill;
Icicles
hang
From the
window-sill.
Gone is the
swing
From the tree
bough,
Nobody
plays
In the garden
now.
Only the
robin,
With breast of
red,
Sits and
waits
For his crumbs of
bread.
MARCH
WIND
By Eunice
Close
March wind goes out to
play.
He will have such fun
today!
When the boys and girls
come out.
He blows their caps and
hats about.
MARCH
By Eileen B.
Edge
Hark! March is
waking
Nature from her
dreams,
And the ice is
breaking
On the frozen
streams.
APRIL
By Eve
Merriam
Green blades of
grass,
Yellow crocus
shoots.
Go deep, dark
roots.
Grow high, bright
flowers.
Good-bye, snow
boots!
SPRING
RAIN
(A
song)
Rain, rain, rain, April
rain,
You are feeding seed and
grain,
You are raising plants and
crops
With your gaily sparkling
drops.
In the sun glitter
bright.
Patter gently through the
night.
On the branches buds will
grow
With your soft caressing
flow.
In the woods violets
blue,
Newly blown, will smile at
you,
And we boys and girls will
run
Through your showers in the
sun.
THE TWO SWEET
MONTHS
By Robert
Herrick
First, April, with its
showers
Opens the way for early
flowers;
Then after it comes smiling
May,
In a more sweet and rich
array"
MAY IS
HERE
By Ellen
Troup
When the skies are blue and
clear,
You will know that May is
here.
And it leaves at every
place
A flower with a beautiful
face.
LOVELY
MAY
By F. G.
Sanders
Far up in the deep blue
sky.
Great white clouds are
floating by;
All the world is dressed in
green,
Many happy birds are
seen;
Flowers bright and sunshine
dear
Show that lovely May is
here.
HE DAYS ARE
CLEAR
By Christina
Rossetti
The days are
clear,
Day after
day.
When April’s
here,
That leads to
May,
And June Must follow
soon:
Stay, June, stay!
—
If only we could stop the
moon
And
June!
HAY MAKING IN
JUNE
By Irene
Boyd
Hey! Hay making in
June!
Hay making, hay
making,
Work is great
fun!
We’re turning and
raking
The hay in the
sun.
Hey! Hay making in
June!
FLOWERY
MONTHS
By Sara
Coleridgе
June brings tulips, lilies,
roses,
Fills the children’s hands
with posies.
Hot July brings cooling
showers.
Pinks and many other
flowers.
OCTOBER IS A LOVELY
MONTH
By Marlin
Panzer
October is a lovely
month,
My sisters and my
brothers;
October is a lovely month
—
And so are all the
others!
SEPTEMBER
By Mary
Howitt
There are twelve months in
the year
From January to December
—
And the best month of all
the twelve.
Is the merry month of
September.
OCTOBER
By Ellen
Troup
The maple-tree has turned
to red,
The poplar leaves are
gold.
The sky is sunny over
head.
The wind is getting
cold!
The robins all have gone
away.
The grass is dry and
brown.
Chrysanthemums are bright
and gay.
October's come to
town!
FOG IN
NOVEMBER
By Leonard
Clark
Fog in November, trees have
no heads.
On trees and houses fog
spreads;
I cannot see my hand before
my face
; The world becomes a
foreign place;
My body does not seem to be
my own.
People are strangers,
houses unknown.
THE MONTH OF
AUGUST
By Alice
Very
The month of
August
Is the month of
fruit;
But remember,
children,
My fruit is not so
good.
Please,
remember,
To wait for
September.
DECEMBER
By Margaret Wise
Brovin
December comes with white
snow
And cold winds begin to
blow;
From the cold and starlit
sky
Merry snow-flakes fly and
fly;
They fall softly in the
night
All are still, all are
white.
THE BEST OF
ALL
By Alice
Very
December is the best of
all.
Snow-flakes dance,
snow-flakes fall.
People see the New Year in
—
When December ends, it will
begin.
THIS WARM SEPTEMBER
DAY
By Malcolm
Hemphrey
Orchards are apple
scented.
Mists across the meadow
lie,
The sun is soft and
golden,
In the blue and kindly
sky.
Asters, pinks and
roses
Make the gardens
gay.
Loveliness is
everywhere
This warm September
day!
GOLDEN
MONTH
By Marion
Doyle
Golden in the tree
tops.
Golden in the
sky;
Golden, golden,
golden
October’s passing
by.
Golden, golden,
golden
October’s passing
by.