70 submissions in this volume.
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Ring! The little Rabbits' eyes,
In the morning clear,
12 lines
Crow! For the night has thrice denied
The glory of the Sun,
4 lines
A little yellow Bird above,
A little yellow Flower below;
6 lines
Your notes are few,
But sweet your song
6 lines
When God had made a host of them,
One little flower still lacked a stem
6 lines
The wizard of the woods is he;
For in his daily round,
4 lines
In winter's cold and summer's heat
The hospitable chimneys greet
6 lines
Butterfly, Butterfly, sipping the sand,
Have you forgotten the flowers of the land?
4 lines
O bee, good-by!
Your weapon's gone,
6 lines
"And pray, who are you?"
Said the violet blue
10 lines
"Jack-o'-lantern, Jack-o'-Lantern,
Tell me where you hide by day?"
8 lines
"Who are ye with clustered light,
Little Sisters seven?"
4 lines
To strip you of your foliage
My spirit sorely grieves;
4 lines
"Thistle-down, Thistle-down whither away?
Will you not longer abide?"
4 lines
'Twas the shroud of many a worm-like thing
That rose from its tangled skein;
4 lines
When Trumpet-flowers begin to blow
The Thistle-downs take heed,
4 lines
Do you remember, little cloud,
This morning when you lay--
8 lines
There was laughter 'mid the Roses,
For it was their natal day;
12 lines
"I love you, little maid,"
Said the Sunbeam to the Shade,
6 lines
When he is a little chap,
We call him \Nap\.
6 lines
"Are you flying through the night
Looking where to find me?"
4 lines
"Is skimming o'er a stagnant pool
Your only occupation?"
4 lines
A bow across the sky
Another in the river,
4 lines
Sighed the languid Moon to the Morning Star:
"O little maid, how late you are!"
4 lines
"O lady cloud, why are you weeping?" I said.
"Because," she made answer, "my rain-beau is dead."
2 lines
Dance to the beat of the rain, little Fern,
And spread out your palms again,
11 lines
It is the mountain to the sea
That makes a messenger of me;
8 lines
Love goes playing hide-and-seek
'Mid the roses on her cheek,
6 lines
The rosy mouth and rosy toe
Of little baby brother
8 lines
'Tis all the way to Toe-town,
Beyond the Knee-high hill,
8 lines, 1 comment
The Star that watched you in your sleep
Has just put out his light.
8 lines
Lo, in the west
A cloud at rest--
12 lines
The Baby has no skies
But Mother's eyes,
8 lines
Two together, Babe and Year,
At the midnight chime,
24 lines
Bicycles! Tricycles! Nay, to shun laughter,
Try cycles first, and buy cycles after;
4 lines
A boot and a Shoe and a Slipper
Lived once in the Cobbler's row:
10 lines
With wondrous skill
He works until,
6 lines
Little toe, big toe, three toes between,
All in a pointed shoe!
4 lines
I wonder how the mother-Hour
Can feed each hungry Minute,
8 lines
"Take pains," growled the Tooth to the Dentist;
"The same," said the Dentist, "to you."
5 lines
'Twixt Handkerchief and Nose
A difference arose;
4 lines
They fought like demons of the night
Beneath a shrunken moon,
4 lines
"I cannot wash my dog," she said,
"Nor touch him with a comb,
4 lines
Who combs you, little Squirrel?
And do you twist and twirl
8 lines
Said a Snake to a Frog with a wrinkled skin,
"As I notice, dear, that your dress is thin,
3 lines, 1 comment
Said Frog papa to Frog mamma,
"Where is our little daughter?"
8 lines
Our great ancestor, Polly Wog,
With her cousin, Thaddeus Pole,
8 lines
To the young lady Toad said her mother,
"How had you the boldness, my dear,
4 lines
"Will you walk into the Spider?"
Said the Parlour to the Fly;
8 lines
Said a simpering Butterfly, sipping a rose,
To a graceless Mosquito on grandpapa's nose,
6 lines
A little mouse nibbled a Limburger cheese,
And back to his bedchamber stole,
8 lines
When first they wed he was a sing-er,
And much delight his songs did bring her;
4 lines
To his cousin the Bat
Squeaked the envious Rat,
6 lines
Potato was deep in the dark under ground,
Tomato, above in the light.
8 lines
"I long," said the new-gathered Lettuce,
"To meet our illustrious guest."
5 lines
The Sun courted Water,
Earth's loveliest daughter,
6 lines
There was a rumpus in the Pack,
Whereof the King and Queen and Jack
6 lines
When Georgie would not go to bed,
If some one asked him why,
4 lines
It struck the signs of the Zodiac,
Around the immovable Man
13 lines
A whole-tail dog, and a half-tail dog,
And a dog without a tail,
12 lines
I
Make me, dear Lord, polite and kind
12 lines
Long, long before the Babe could speak,
When he would kiss his mother's cheek
28 lines
In all his glory, Solomon
Was never so arrayed;
6 lines
"Where, woman, is thine offering--
The debt of law and love?"
4 lines
You hid your little self, dear Lord,
As other children do;
4 lines
A little Boy, of heavenly birth,
But far from home to-day,
6 lines, 1 comment
The Cross is tall,
And I too small
8 lines
I
Once, measuring His height, He stood
16 lines
"Who art thou, son?" The little stranger smiled,
"And who art thou?" Whereto she made reply,
4 lines
When home our blessed Lord was gone,
His mother lived alone with John;
4 lines
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