KINGS AND QUEENS.
TOMMY.
Upon the lilac-bush I heard
The earliest robin sing;
I wished, what never will come true,
That I could be a king;
For, if I only were a king,
I know what I would do:
I'd have plum-cake, instead of bread,
To eat the whole year through;
Great heaps of oranges would be
Upon my palace-floors,
And fountains full of lemonade
Spout up beside its doors.
FRED, GRACIE, HARRY, ISABEL.
Oh, shame upon you, Tommy Brown!
You're such a greedy thing!
We're glad you are not over us:
You should not be our king.
JESSIE.
And, if I were a queen, I'd wear
A new dress every day;
No princess in a fairy-tale
Would have such fine array;
With golden lace and glittering gems
My robes my maids would deck,
And diamonds large as pigeons' eggs
Would hang about my neck.
FRED, GRACIE, HARRY, ISABEL.
And, oh, how proud and vain you'd be!
How fond of being seen!
We're glad you are not over us:
You should not be our queen.
KARL.
And, if I were a king, I'd have
In every thing my way;
My servants would stand waiting round,
My wishes to obey;
And I would do just what I pleased,
And say just what I chose,
And not a soul in all the land
Would dare my will oppose.
FRED, GRACIE, HARRY, ISABEL.
And you would be the worst of all:
What troubles you would bring!
We want no tyrant over us;
You should not be our king.
LILIAN.
And, if I really were a queen,
I would put on my crown,
And through the country everywhere
Go walking up and down;
And all the old folks, sick, and poor,
I would have warmed and fed,
And every houseless little child
Should home with me be led;
And I would love them all, and try
To do the best I could
To make the sorry people glad,
The naughty people good.
FRED, GRACIE, HARRY, ISABEL.
And you would have the happiest reign
That ever yet was seen;
And, if we had a queen at all,
Then you should be our queen.
MARIAN DOUGLAS.
DRAWING-LESSON.
VOL. XXIX.—NO. 4.