Stanza & Story

Category: Children

African-American, American, Black History, Children, Despair, Jupiter Hammond, Poetry, United States

April 10, 2015

“A Poem for Children with Thoughts on Death” by Jupiter Hammon

I O Ye young and thoughtless youth, Come seek the living God, The scriptures are a sacred truth, Ye must believe the word. Eccl. xii. 1. II Tis God alone can make you wise, His wisdom’s from above,…
African-American, American, Black History, Celebration, Children

April 9, 2015

“Thank God For Little Children” by Frances E. W. Harper

Thank God for little children, Bright flowers by earth’s wayside, The dancing, joyous lifeboats Upon life’s stormy tide. Thank God for little children; When our skies are cold and gray, They come as sunshine to our hearts,