Vespers

• by Jen Haley
• 7 months ago

I had a LP of the AA Milne poems set to music, at least 60 years ago. would love to share the melodies with my granddaughters. If anyone knows the title and production (British) please leave word. I remember melodies for Halfway..., Buckingham Palace, Vespers, part of Wee little dormouse. thanks

• by Wendy Aldred
• 1 year ago

I am 72 and I've known this poem since I was 5 years old. After school, once a week, a small group of us would walk along to lessons with a local Speech and Drama teacher, a few streets away. Mums would take it in turn to take us.
We learnt mostly A.A.Milne poems and learnt to speak with a "posh" accent. I can still recite Vespers. It was my favourite poem.

• by Mothermarci
• 3 years ago

I am a 68-year-old great grandmother. As I was reciting this favorite bedtime poem to my 14th grandchild, Jeremiah, I thought to google it for fun. My mom used to recite this and several other Christopher Robin poems to me and my brother, who is a year older, every night before the lullaby song. When I had my 9 children, I did the same and when they had the grands, I presented each with the A.A. Milne books "When We Were Very Young" and "Now We Are Six"! Many such wonderful poems to remember and pass along through generations.

• by Carolyn Bailey
• 4 years ago

I just had my 64th birthday, and I can still quote a good bit of this poem. When I was a young child in elementary school, we put our heads down on our desks for a few minutes after lunch each day, during which time our teacher quietly read to us. She read this poem to us almost every day. I can still hear her sweet voice reading it.

• by Lesley Murray
• 6 years ago

This is the first song my mother ever taught me. It has stayed with me for my entire life and was one of the last songs we sang together just before she passed.

• by David Dempsey
• 6 years ago

While watching "Goodbye Christopher Robin," mention was made of this poem. Suddenly the lines of this poem popped into my head. It had been 54 years since I first learned this poem in Kindergarten class. It was the first of many poems I learned by heart. When I checked the words, those times and notebook came back to me.

• by Claudia Jane
• 6 years ago

This was my lullaby all through my childhood. My mum used to sing it the old fashioned way. At 37 years old, I still sing it in my head to get to sleep. Such fond memories. A legend of an author. Thank you so much for making my childhood so special.

• by Jim Silsby
• 6 years ago

When I was a very little boy, I used to stay round my Nana's house fairly regularly. Every time I did, she would tuck me up in bed and sing this poem to me in her beautiful, soothing voice. Whenever I read this poem now, as a grown adult, I'm immediately transported back to her house, saying my own prayers as a little boy, and I feel safe and loved.