The Elephant Poem

The Elephant

The Elephant is very large,
And I am very small;
Though he looks down on you and me,
He is not proud at all.
You'd think a beast as big as he
Would want a monstrous chunk
Of anything to eat, but he
Eats peanuts with his trunk.
Yes, Nature is most wonderful!
Small things are vain and naughty,
When big ones love a peanut and 
Are too big to be haughty.

Lincoln Poem

 

Lincoln
I Thought I heard his voice to-day
Speak kind and low
To every one;

I thought I heard him gently say,

"With malice toward none."

I thought I heard his voice to-day

Speak kind and low

To great and small;

I thought I heard him gently say,

"With clarity for all."

This was his maxim, I am told,

His law of life,

His golden rule,

For warring states and nations bold,

Also for home and school.

by Frances Higgins.