But dearest of all, in their border low,
Bloom the daisies so wee.
Pink and crimson, or as white as the snow;
Daisies, daisies for me!
BED-TIME
Ticketty Tacketty, tick, tack, tock!
Now then, young man, just look at that clock!
Off with your shoe, and off with your sock.
Ticketty Tacketty, tick, tack, tock.
PANSY
Pansy so velvety, pansy so wide,
Pansy with heart of gold,
How I wish I could stay outside
Till I saw your petals unfold!
When do you open them, pansy so blue?
I watch, but never see.
One day there's a bud; the next, there's—you!
You are such a puzzle to me.
Do you open them softly in the dark,
While stars watch overhead?
Or fling them wide with the morning lark,
Before I am out of my bed?