Illustrations
| A little freckled person who has never much to say | [Frontispiece] |
| A rabbit works its ears, and tries To watch you with its rabbit eyes | [4] |
| Weed the garden, carry wood | [8] |
| I like the kitten of my friends | [30] |
| Unfinished wings Are such curious things | [36] |
| While I'm washing dishes, or scraping out the skillet | [58] |
| I'd like to be a pirate, A scarlet scarf about my neck, a cutlass at my wrist | [80] |
| They are thirsty, so we give Water first that they may live | [100] |
A LITTLE FRECKLED PERSON
They think I'm just a little girl
At study, work, or play,—
A little freckled person who
Has never much to say.
They do not know a princess oft
In golden gown am I,
With cheeks like apple petals soft
And eyes like sea or sky.
They only see my tumbled braids,
They do not know I wear
A crown with turquoises and beryls
Upon my coiled-up hair.
They do not know adventures dire
Beset me, land and sea,
That page and courtier, knight and squire,
Before me bend the knee.
That haughty ships with silken sails
Upon my bidding go—
All these, and other happy things,
They cannot, cannot know.
They only see a little girl
At study, work, or play,—
A little freckled person, who
Has never much to say!