When those you have lost come back to you,
And all your castles are strong and fair.
Then, children, who read, and I who write,—
Shall we not pray with all our power,
That whatever we lose of the world’s delight,
We lose not the peace of the twilight hour?
CONTENTS.
| TITLE PAGE, | [1.] |
| THE OLD PICTURE BOOK, | [48.] |
| BELL’S DREAM, | [10, 11, 14, 15.] |
| BELL’S DREAM, | [10, 11, 14, 15.] |
| LONDON RIVER, | [17.] |
| THE ABBEY SWALLOWS, | [19.] |
| THE MISGUIDED LAMB, | [21, 23.] |
| THE MISGUIDED LAMB, | [21, 23.] |
| THE POET AND THE PRINTER, | [32, 33.] |
| THE POET AND THE PRINTER, | [32, 33.] |
| MINNIE’S CALCULATIONS, | [27.] |
| DREAMS, | [28.] |
| SORROWS, | [31.] |
| HARRY’S SOLILOQUY, | [35.] |