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William Brighty Rands
(1823–1882)
 

British writer William Brighty Rands anonymously published several volumes of children's literature and contributed to various periodicals for and about children, under pseudonyms, among them Matthew Browne, Henry Holbeach, and T. Talker. Despite resulting obscurity with broad public, he earned the title of "the laureate of the nursery" among literati. For most of his career, he worked as a reporter in the House of Commons in London, and wrote his works for children when the Parliament was not sitting. He was for some time a preacher, and composed several popular hymns.

Works

Collections

Individual poems

  • "At Harvest Time"
  • "Autumn Song"
  • "Baby"
  • "The Bee and the Rose"
  • "The Bewitched Toys"
  • "Blackberry Hunting"
  • "The Boy That Loves a Baby"
  • "The Christ-Crown"
  • "Clean Clara"
  • "The Coming Storm"
  • "The Cricket in the Crevice"
  • "The Cruise of the Caliban"
  • "Cuckoo's Palace"
  • "Cuckoo in the Pear-tree"
  • "December and June"
  • "The Discontented Yew-tree"
  • "The Dog and the Patch of Moonshine"
  • "Doll Poems"
  • "The Dream of a Boy Who Lived at Nine-Elms"
  • "The Dream of a Girl Who Lived at Seven-Oaks"
  • "Eggs and Birds"
  • "L'envoi"
  • "Epilogue"
  • "Fair Lady, Rare Lady"
  • "The First Tooth"
  • "The First of June"
  • "A Fishing Song"
  • "The Fly in the Pane"
  • "Frodgedobbulum's Fancy"
  • "Gipsy Jane"
  • "The Girl That Garibaldi Kissed"
  • "Gold-boy and Green-girl"
  • "Great, Wide, Beautiful, Wonderful World"
  • "Harold and Alice; or, the Reformed Giant"
  • "Jack Abroad, and Jill at Home"
  • "Juan De Pabeja, the Faithful Colour-grinder of Velasquez"
  • "Lilliput Levee"
  • "Lingerina Latimer"
  • "The Little Brother"
  • "Little Christel"
  • "Love in the Dust"
  • "Madcap"
  • "My Beautiful Huntress"
  • "The Organ"
  • "The Parable of Peter and the Cherries"
  • "The Pedlar's Caravan"
  • "The Penance of the Little Maid"
  • "Penitent Alfred"
  • "Petronella: The Stone Strawberry Girl"
  • "Polly"
  • "Prince Philibert"
  • "Puzzles"
  • "The Race of the Flowers"
  • "Rewards of Song"
  • "The Rising, Watching Moon"
  • "The Secret of the Sunflower"
  • "The Ship That Sailed Into the Sun"
  • "Shock-headed Cicely and the Two Bears"
  • "A Shooting Song"
  • "The Soldier-angel"
  • "Stalky Jack"
  • "The Storm Cradle"
  • "Topsyturvey-world"
  • "Trumpeter Redbreast"
  • "When My Ships Come Home"
  • "The White Falcon"
  • "The Wind and His Enemy"
  • "The Windmill"
  • "The Wonderful Toy of the Whispering Boy"

Works about Rands

Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

 
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