In the dark little flat at the end of the court?

Yet a comfort they have (and a beautiful one!),

Though the days are chill and the days are short;

At noon, for a moment, looks in the sun,

In the dark little flat at the end of the court.

Then, the dazzled baby drops his toy,

Down tumbles the four-year-old’s tottering fort—

“Sunshine!” they all cry out, in their joy,

In the dark little flat at the end of the court.