41. Christmas Bells - Longfellow Boston Houghton Mifflin Company, 1893. Stevenson, Burton Egbert , ed. The Home Book of Verse for Young Folks. New York Henry Holt and Company, 1915 http://www.potw.org/archive/potw118.html

Poem of the Week PotW.org Founded August 1996 PotW #118 This Week's Poem Past Poems... ...by Poet ...by Title and First Line ...by Occasion Contact about... ...Free Subscription ...Submitting a Poem ...other Questions The Fine Print... ...Page Mission Links to... ...other Poetry Sites Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Christmas Bells I HEARD the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along The unbroken song Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Till ringing, singing on its way, The world revolved from night to day, A voice, a chime, A chant sublime Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Then from each black, accursed mouth The cannon thundered in the South, And with the sound The carols drowned Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

42. October's Bright Blue Weather - Jackson Boston Roberts Brothers, 1893. Stevenson, Burton Egbert, ed. The Home Book of Verse for Young Folks. New York Henry Holt and Company, 1915. http://www.potw.org/archive/potw10.html

Poem of the Week PotW.org Founded August 1996 PotW #10 This Week's Poem Past Poems... ...by Poet ...by Title and First Line ...by Occasion Contact about... ...Free Subscription ...Submitting a Poem ...other Questions The Fine Print... ...Page Mission Links to... ...other Poetry Sites Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) October's Bright Blue Weather O SUNS and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather; When loud the bumble-bee makes haste, Belated, thriftless vagrant, And Golden-Rod is dying fast, And lanes with grapes are fragrant; When Gentians roll their fringes tight To save them for the morning, And chestnuts fall from satin burrs Without a sound of warning; When on the ground red apples lie In piles like jewels shining, And redder still on old stone walls Are leaves of woodbine twining; When all the lovely wayside things Their white-winged seeds are sowing

43. Folk Lore Weather Forecasting - Weather Poems. Boston Roberts Brothers, 1893. Stevenson, Burton Egbert, ed. The Home Book of Verse for Young Folks. New York Henry Holt and Company, 1915. http://tww.id.au/wea/poem.html

Poems about the Weather A visitor requested the details of a poem she remembered from childhood which contained the words " October's bright blue weather". The words were provided by Stephanie together with two other poems with the subject of weather. As the first two poems were over 100 years old, they were about weather and they rhymed, they have been included on this site, even though they are not folklore. Three out of four selection criteria is fairly good. This poem can be found in: Jackson, Helen. Poems. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1893. Stevenson, Burton Egbert, ed. The Home Book of Verse for Young Folks. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. October's Bright Blue Weather by Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) O SUNS and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather; When loud the bumble-bee makes haste, Belated, thriftless vagrant, And Golden-Rod is dying fast, And lanes with grapes are fragrant; When Gentians roll their fringes tight To save them for the morning

44. Chillicothe — FactMonster.com Burton Egbert Stevenson Stevenson, Burton Egbert Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872–1962, American author, compiler and R. G. Dun - R. G. Dun (Robert Graham Dun) merchant http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/us/A0811868.html

Home U.S. People Word Wise ... Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites Halloween Math Flashcards Geography Guide Seven New Wonders of the World ... The Fifty States Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia ... FunBrain Sponsored Links TripAdvisor Chillicothe (Ohio) Encyclopedia Chillicothe Chillicothe key Northwest Territory ; from 1803 to 1810 and from 1812 to 1816 it was the capital of Ohio. Chillicothe grew in the 19th cent. as an inland port on the Ohio and Erie Canal and a pork-packing center. During World War I, Camp Sherman, a large Army training base, was built in Chillicothe. Notable are Adena State Memorial and Ross County Historical Society Museum. Just outside the city is Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, . containing prehistoric Native American burial mounds (see National Parks and Monuments , table). Chillicothe also has a state prison and a branch of Ohio Univ. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Cite Print More on Chillicothe from Fact Monster: Scioto - Scioto Scioto , river, 237 mi (381 km) long, rising in W Ohio near Indian Lake and flowing east, ... Burton Egbert Stevenson R. G. Dun

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