Eugene Field
Eugene Field
Eugene Field, Sr.was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth2 September 1850
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
cheer book years
Not so, however, with books, for books cannot change. A thousand years hence they are what you find them to-day, speaking the same words, holding forth the same cheer, the same promise, the same comfort; always constant, laughing with those who laugh and weeping with those who weep.
book appreciated book-lover
No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over.
cannot changed hath knee mama papa sad sang sing songs time took
I cannot sing the old songs I sang long years ago, And yet I cannot say I'm sad That time hath changed us so, For when I used to sing those songs, My Papa blankety blanked, And Mama took me on her knee And I, alas! was spanked
dog sat side table
The gingham dog and the calico cat, Side by side on the table sat