In the Garden of Delight

by Lily Hardy Hammond

There is ice back there; but in Make-Believe

There’s just what you happen to choose:

Soft spring-time colors with silver sheen,

Or cool wood-reaches of summer green,

Or the sparkle of autumn dews.

Oh, the woodland rambles in Make-Believe!

The fields where daisies grow!

The level light on the evening hills,

The wild bird-song that leaps and thrills,

And the rose of the sunset’s glow!