Copyright, 1916, By
Laurence J. Gomme
VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY
BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK
To
JOHN SWINNERTON PHILLIMORE
A DEDICATION
WITH THIS BOOK OF VERSE
When you and I were little tiny boys
We took a most impertinent delight
In foolish, painted and misshapen toys
That hidden mothers brought to us at night.