Lilliput Lyrics
These are poems for children, with whom Rands was always at his best, and have been chosen in remembrance of their tastes and understandings. As many of them are printed from magazines and never received the author’s final revision, I have occasionally edited the text, without scruple, by omitting weak lines or even altering a word.
R. B. J.
RAT-TAT! the postman knocks! This is the Lilliput letter-box. A penny for your thoughts, my dear! So said the Raven in Odin’s ear. Here comes a letter from Thing-a-my-Bob, A letter from Ruth, a letter from Rob. Rat-tat! the postman knocks! This is the Lilliput letter-box.
W. B. Rands
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LILLIPUT LEVEE
DOLL POEMS
THE LITTLE DOLL’S HOUSE IN ARCADY
THE PEDLAR’S CARAVAN
THE FIRST TOOTH
PRAISE AND LOVE
TWO PICTURES
I
II
III
THE SHIP THAT SAILED INTO THE SUN
THE YOUNG EXILE
THE DISCONTENTED YEW-TREE
THE LITTLE BROTHER
CUCKOO IN THE PEAR-TREE
THE BEWITCHED TOYS; OR, QUEEN MAB IN CHILD-WORLD.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
THE NEW WORLD
I
II
I
II
III
IV
V
PRINCE PHILIBERT
GOLD-BOY AND GREEN-GIRL
AT HARVEST-TIME
SEE-SAW
GREAT, WIDE, BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL WORLD
KITTENS AND CHICKENS
THE RACE OF THE FLOWERS
THE WINDMILL
THE GIRL THAT GARIBALDI KISSED
SEEING GOD
FAIR LADY, RARE LADY
THE ABSENT BOY
MORNING
THE RISING, WATCHING MOON
THE FLOWERS
THE PENANCE OF THE LITTLE MAID
FRODGEDOBBULUM’S FANCY
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
THE GUINEA-PIG
LITTLE BOY BLUE
MISS HOOPER
A SHOOTING SONG
A FISHING SONG
SHOCKHEADED CICELY AND THE TWO BEARS
II
III
MOTHER’S JOY
THE BABY
WHAT WILL AUNTIE SEND?
LORDS-AND-LADIES
THE DOG AND THE PATCH OF MOONSHINE
AUTUMN SONG
THE DRUMMER-BOY AND THE SHEPHERDESS
LULLABY
CLEAN CLARA
THE LAVENDER BEDS
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
LITTLE DITT
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
BABY’S BELLS
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
JOLLY JACK
THE DUCK AND HER DUCKLINGS
LITTLE BEN BUTE
THE DREAM OF A GIRL WHO LIVED AT SEVEN-OAKS
THE DREAM OF A BOY WHO LIVED AT NINE-ELMS
FOUR LITTLE HISTORIES
I
II
III
IV
A BIG NOISE
THE ALARM
CICERO BRICK
I
II
III
THE OBSTINATE COW
LAVENDER LADY
I
II
III
ODD RHYMES
I
II
III
IV
TOPSYTURVEY-WORLD
MISS WAVER
JEREMY JANGLE
STALKY JACK
THE FIDDLER AND THE CROCODILE
