FOOTNOTES:
[1] From "A Boy's Book of Rhyme."
[2] From "Poems of Childhood," published by Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons.
[3] From "Poems of Childhood," published by Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons.
[4] Selections from Thomas B. Aldrich are used by permission of, and by special arrangement with, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., publishers of his works.
Transcriber's Notes:
On pages 22 and 24 the author's location was printed in all capitals instead of small capitals. These were changed to match the rest of the text.
Page 53, the line number for line 5 was added.
Page 59, the line number 5 was moved up one line.
Page 63, single quotation mark changed to a double quotation mark. ("The lark lies)