TO
MY LITTLE FRIEND
Henry Dinneen
WITH MY
LOVE AND BLESSING

NOTE

SOME of these verses have appeared in other places: one in St. Nicholas, one in Harper's Young People; and the Sunday School Times, the Youth's Companion, and the Independent have each published others. To this class belong, I think, all I reprint from my Poems and Lyrics. Most of the contents, however, is new.

J. B. T.

CONTENTS

PAGE
Hare-bells [ 3]
At Cock-Crow[ 4]
A Duet [ 5]
The Bobolink [ 6]
The Bluebird [ 7]
The Woodpecker[ 8]
Chimney Stacks[ 9]
Butterfly [ 10]
The Honey Bee [ 11]
The Bee and the Blossoms[ 12]
The Tax-Gatherer[ 13]
Jack-o'-Lantern [ 14]
The Pleiads[ 15]
Jack Frost's Apology[ 16]
A Cavalcade [ 17]
Silk[ 18]
Seed-Time [ 19]
A Legacy [ 20]
Amid the Roses[ 21]
Light and Shadow [ 22]
Sleep[ 23]
The Fire-Fly[ 24]
The Dragon-Fly [ 25]
Archery[ 26]
A Spy[ 27]
A Lament [ 28]
Fern Song[ 29]
The Brook[ 30]
An Interview[ 31]
Baby's Dimples[ 32]
A Bunch of Roses[ 33]
Foot-Soldiers[ 34]
The Baby's Star[ 35]
Slumber-Song [ 36]
An Idolater[ 37]
The New-Year Babe[ 38]
Bicycles! Tricycles![ 40]
High and Low[ 41]
Doctor Tumble-Bug[ 42]
Close Quarters[ 43]
The Time-Brood [ 44]
Pains-Taking[ 45]
A Rub[ 46]
Cats[ 47]
An Insectarian[ 48]
The Squirrel [ 49]
Hospitality[ 50]
Frog Making[ 51]
The Tree-Frog Pedigree[ 52]
An Explanation[ 53]
The Parlour and the Fly[ 54]
No Go [ 55]
A Mouse, A Cat, and an Irish Bull [ 56]
The Same with a Difference [ 57]
An Inconvenience [ 58]
The Tryst [ 59]
Etiquette [ 60]
A Sunstroke [ 61]
A Shuffle[ 62]
Washington's Ruse[ 63]
Panic[ 64]
The End of It[ 65]
A Little Child's Prayers[ 66]
The Child: At Bethlehem[ 67]
To His Mother[ 68]
A Lily of the Field[ 69]
The Lamb-Child[ 70]
A Pair of Turtle-Doves [ 71]
Hide-and-Seek[ 72]
Out of Bounds[ 73]
The Child on Calvary[ 74]
The Child: At Nazareth [ 75]
St. Theresa and the Child [ 77]
Tradition[ 78]