Famous Tender Age Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Tender Age poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous tender age poems. These examples illustrate what a famous tender age poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Second Childhood

by Robert William Service
 When I go on my morning walk,
 Because I'm mild,
If I be in the mood to talk
 I choose a child.
I'd rather prattle with a lass
 Of tender age
Than converse in the high-brow class
 With college sage.

I love the touch of silken hand
 That softly clings;
In old of age I understand
 Life's little things.
I love the lisp of tiny...Read more of this...

My Favourite Fan

by Robert William Service
 Being a writer I receive
Sweet screeds from folk of every land;
Some are so weird you'd scarce believe,
And some quite hard to understand:
But as a conscientious man
I type my thanks to all I can. 

So when I got a foreign scrawl
That spider-webbed across the page,
Said I: "This is the worst of all;
No doubt a child of tender age
Has written it,...Read more of this...

Psalm 8 part 1

by Isaac Watts
 v.1,2, paraphrased. 
L. M.
The hosanna of children.

Almighty Ruler of the skies,
Through the wide earth thy name is spread;
And thine eternal glories rise
O'er all the heav'ns thy hands have made.

To thee the voices of the young
A monument of honor raise;
And babes, with uninstructed tongue,
Declare the wonders of thy praise.

Thy power assists their tender age
To bring proud rebels to the ground,
To...Read more of this...

Easter Wings

by George Herbert
 Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store,
  Though foolishly he lost the same,
   Decaying more and more,
     Till he became
      Most poor:
      With thee
     O let me rise
    As larks, harmoniously, 
  And...Read more of this...

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