{"id":13725,"date":"2023-04-17T04:32:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T04:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/?page_id=13725"},"modified":"2023-04-27T09:07:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T09:07:59","slug":"middle-school-poems-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/middle-school-poems-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle School Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;1. Star Light, Star Bright&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13725-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS1-Star-Light.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS1-Star-Light.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS1-Star-Light.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d29061561cf\" data-id=\"69d29061561cf\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13730&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS1-Star-Light.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d29061562a2\" data-id=\"69d29061562a2\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]Star light, star bright,<br \/>\nThe first star I see tonight;<br \/>\nI wish I may, I wish I might,<br \/>\nHave the wish I wish tonight.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d290615630e\" data-id=\"69d290615630e\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2. To bed, to bed (Traditional Rhyme)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13725-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS2-To-Bed.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS2-To-Bed.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS2-To-Bed.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS2-To-Bed.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906156455\" data-id=\"69d2906156455\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13739&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]\u201cTo bed! To bed!\u201d<br \/>\nSays Sleepy-head;<br \/>\n\u201cTarry awhile,\u201d says Slow;<br \/>\n\u201cPut on the pan,\u201d<br \/>\nSays Greedy Nan*;<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ll sup before we go.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d29061564c8\" data-id=\"69d29061564c8\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;3. Silver&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13725-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS3-Silver.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS3-Silver.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS3-Silver.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS3-Silver.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d29061565da\" data-id=\"69d29061565da\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/5&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13740&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/5&#8243;][vc_column_text]Slowly, silently, now the moon<\/p>\n<p>Walks the night in her silver shoon;<\/p>\n<p>This way, and that, she peers, and sees<\/p>\n<p>Silver fruit upon silver trees;<\/p>\n<p>One by one the casements catch<\/p>\n<p>Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;<\/p>\n<p>Couched in his kennel, like a log,<\/p>\n<p>With paws of silver sleeps the dog;<\/p>\n<p>From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep<\/p>\n<p>Of doves in a silver-feathered sleep;<\/p>\n<p>A harvest mouse goes scampering by,<\/p>\n<p>With silver claws and a silver eye;<\/p>\n<p>And moveless fish in the water gleam,<\/p>\n<p>By silver reeds in a silver stream.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Walter de la Mare<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906156633\" data-id=\"69d2906156633\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;4. \u201cThere Was a Crooked Man\u201d Lyrics&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13725-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS4-There-Was-a-Crooked-Man.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS4-There-Was-a-Crooked-Man.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS4-There-Was-a-Crooked-Man.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS4-There-Was-a-Crooked-Man.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906156788\" data-id=\"69d2906156788\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13743&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile.<br \/>\nHe found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile.<br \/>\nHe bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,<br \/>\nAnd they all lived together in a little crooked house.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d29061567de\" data-id=\"69d29061567de\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;5. \u201cThe Grand Old Duke of York\u201d Lyrics&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13725-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS5-The-Grand-Old-Duke-of-York.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS5-The-Grand-Old-Duke-of-York.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS5-The-Grand-Old-Duke-of-York.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS5-The-Grand-Old-Duke-of-York.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d29061568f1\" data-id=\"69d29061568f1\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13744&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Oh, The grand old Duke of York,<br \/>\nHe had ten thousand men;<br \/>\nHe marched them up to the top of the hill,<br \/>\nAnd he marched them down again.<\/p>\n<p>And when they were up, they were up,<br \/>\nAnd when they were down, they were down,<br \/>\nAnd when they were only half-way up,<br \/>\nThey were neither up nor down[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906156940\" data-id=\"69d2906156940\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;6. \u201cThis Little Piggy\u201d Lyrics&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13725-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS6-This-Little-Piggy.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS6-This-Little-Piggy.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS6-This-Little-Piggy.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS6-This-Little-Piggy.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906156a5a\" data-id=\"69d2906156a5a\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13745&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]This little piggy went to the market,<br \/>\nThis little piggy stayed home,<br \/>\nThis little piggy had roast beef,<br \/>\nThis little piggy had none,<br \/>\nAnd this little piggy cried wee wee wee all the way home.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906156aa5\" data-id=\"69d2906156aa5\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;7. \u201cA Wise Old Owl\u201d Lyrics&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13725-7\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS7-A-Wise-Old-Owl.mp3?_=7\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS7-A-Wise-Old-Owl.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS7-A-Wise-Old-Owl.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS7-A-Wise-Old-Owl.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906156b90\" data-id=\"69d2906156b90\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13746&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]A wise old owl lived in an oak<br \/>\nThe more he saw the less he spoke<br \/>\nThe less he spoke the more he heard.<br \/>\nWhy can\u2019t we all be like that wise old bird?[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906156bd4\" data-id=\"69d2906156bd4\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;8. The Swing (RL Stevenson)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13725-8\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS8-The-Swing-RL-Stevenson.mp3?_=8\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS8-The-Swing-RL-Stevenson.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS8-The-Swing-RL-Stevenson.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS8-The-Swing-RL-Stevenson.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906156cd8\" data-id=\"69d2906156cd8\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13747&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]How do you like to go up in a swing,<br \/>\nUp in the air so blue?<br \/>\nOh, I do think it the pleasantest thing<br \/>\nEver a child can do!<\/p>\n<p>Up in the air and over the wall,<br \/>\nTill I can see so wide,<br \/>\nRiver and trees and cattle and all<br \/>\nOver the countryside&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Till I look down on the garden green,<br \/>\nDown on the roof so brown&#8211;<br \/>\nUp in the air I go flying again,<br \/>\nUp in the air and down![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906156d2f\" data-id=\"69d2906156d2f\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;9. My Shadow (RL Stevenson)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13725-9\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS9-My-Shadow-RL-Stevenson.mp3?_=9\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS9-My-Shadow-RL-Stevenson.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS9-My-Shadow-RL-Stevenson.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS9-My-Shadow-RL-Stevenson.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906156e58\" data-id=\"69d2906156e58\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13748&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,<br \/>\nAnd what can be the use of him is more than I can see.<br \/>\nHe is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;<br \/>\nAnd I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.<br \/>\nThe funniest things about him is the way he likes to grow-<br \/>\nNot at all like proper children, which is always very slow;<br \/>\nFor he sometimes shoots up taller like an India rubber ball,<br \/>\nAnd he sometimes gets so little that there&#8217;s none of him at all.<br \/>\nHe hasn&#8217;t got a notion of how children ought to play,<br \/>\nAnd can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.<br \/>\nHe stays so close beside me, he&#8217;s a coward you can see;<br \/>\nI&#8217;d think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!<br \/>\nOne morning, very early, before the sun was up,<br \/>\nI rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;<br \/>\nBut my lazy little shadow, like an errant sleepy-head,<br \/>\nHad stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906156e9c\" data-id=\"69d2906156e9c\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;10. Escape at Bedtime (Robert Louis Stevenson)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13725-10\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS10-Escape-at-Bedtime-Robert-Louis-Stevenson.mp3?_=10\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS10-Escape-at-Bedtime-Robert-Louis-Stevenson.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS10-Escape-at-Bedtime-Robert-Louis-Stevenson.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS10-Escape-at-Bedtime-Robert-Louis-Stevenson.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906157053\" data-id=\"69d2906157053\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13749&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out<br \/>\nThrough the blinds and the windows and bars;<br \/>\nAnd high overhead and all moving about,<br \/>\nThere were thousands of millions of stars.<br \/>\nThere ne\u2019er were such thousands of leaves on a tree,<br \/>\nNor of people in church or the Park,<br \/>\nAs the crowds of the stars that looked down upon me,<br \/>\nAnd that glittered and winked in the dark.<\/p>\n<p>The Dog, and the Plough, and the Hunter, and all,<br \/>\nAnd the star of the sailor, and Mars,<br \/>\nThese shone in the sky, and the pail by the wall<br \/>\nWould be half full of water and stars.<br \/>\nThey saw me at last, and they chased me with cries,<br \/>\nAnd they soon had me packed into bed;<br \/>\nBut the glory kept shining and bright in my eyes,<br \/>\nAnd the stars going round in my head.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d29061570ba\" data-id=\"69d29061570ba\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;11. The Moon (RL Stevenson)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13725-11\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS11-The-Moon-RL-Stevenson.mp3?_=11\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS11-The-Moon-RL-Stevenson.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS11-The-Moon-RL-Stevenson.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS11-The-Moon-RL-Stevenson.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906157247\" data-id=\"69d2906157247\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13750&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;<br \/>\nShe shines on thieves on the garden wall,<br \/>\nOn streets and fields and harbour quays,<br \/>\nAnd birdies asleep in the forks of the trees.<\/p>\n<p>The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse,<br \/>\nThe howling dog by the door of the house,<br \/>\nThe bat that lies in bed at noon,<br \/>\nAll love to be out by the light of the moon.<\/p>\n<p>But all of the things that belong to the day<br \/>\nCuddle to sleep to be out of her way;<br \/>\nAnd flowers and children close their eyes<br \/>\nTill up in the morning the sun shall arise.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906157278\" data-id=\"69d2906157278\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;12. Dream Variations (Langston Hughes)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13725-12\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS12-Dream-Variations-Langston-Hughes.mp3?_=12\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS12-Dream-Variations-Langston-Hughes.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS12-Dream-Variations-Langston-Hughes.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS12-Dream-Variations-Langston-Hughes.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906157359\" data-id=\"69d2906157359\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13751&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]To fling my arms wide<br \/>\nIn some place of the sun,<br \/>\nTo whirl and to dance<br \/>\nTill the white day is done.<br \/>\nThen rest at cool evening<br \/>\nBeneath a tall tree<br \/>\nWhile night comes on gently,<br \/>\nDark like me\u2014<br \/>\nThat is my dream!<\/p>\n<p>To fling my arms wide<br \/>\nIn the face of the sun,<br \/>\nDance! Whirl! Whirl!<br \/>\nTill the quick day is done.<br \/>\nRest at pale evening . . .<br \/>\nA tall, slim tree . . .<br \/>\nNight coming tenderly<br \/>\nBlack like me.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d290615739b\" data-id=\"69d290615739b\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;13. The Arrow and the Song<br \/>\n(By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13725-13\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS13-The-Arrow-And-The-Song.mp3?_=13\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS13-The-Arrow-And-The-Song.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS13-The-Arrow-And-The-Song.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/middle-school-poems\/MS13-The-Arrow-And-The-Song.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d2906157491\" data-id=\"69d2906157491\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13892&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]I shot an arrow into the air,<br \/>\nIt fell to earth, I knew not where;<br \/>\nFor, so swiftly it flew, the sight<br \/>\nCould not follow it in its flight.<\/p>\n<p>I breathed a song into the air,<br \/>\nIt fell to earth, I knew not where;<br \/>\nFor who has sight so keen and strong,<br \/>\nThat it can follow the flight of song?<\/p>\n<p>Long, long afterward, in an oak<br \/>\nI found the arrow, still unbroke;<br \/>\nAnd the song, from beginning to end,<br \/>\nI found again in the heart of a friend.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d29061574b0\" data-id=\"69d29061574b0\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;1. 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