TO MY MOTHER AND FATHER
WHO ALWAYS HAD TIME
TO WAIVE GROWN-UP MATTERS
AND READ A SMALL RHYME:

WHOSE HEARTS EVER HELD
THROUGH THE FLIGHT OF THE YEARS
A SOFT UNDERSTANDING
OF SMALL JOYS AND TEARS.

We wish to acknowledge with thanks the permission of “The Youth’s Companion,” “St. Nicholas,” “Little Folks,” and Congregational Publishing Society for such of these rhymes as have appeared in their publications.

CONTENTS

IN THE HOUSE
Page
[My Dearest is a Lady][13]
[Bubbles][14]
[The Grown-up World][16]
[Tea Time][18]
[Umbrellas][20]
[The March Wind][21]
[The Tiptoes][23]
[Rain-on-the-Roof][25]
[Princess Fire][27]
[The Dolls][28]
[Bread and Butter][30]
[The Company Man][31]
[The New Slippers][32]
[The Lighthouse Lamp][33]
[Sister Martha][35]
[A Plaint][36]
[The Fat Little Cloud][37]
[The Looking Glass][38]
[Muffins][40]
[Thanksgiving Kitchen Song][41]
[Cracker Ships][43]
[The Candle Tree][44]
[The Little Rug From Persia][46]
[Dutch Katrina][47]
OUTDOORS AT PLAY
[The Children of the Wind][51]
[The Solemn Frog][52]
[Summer Weather][53]
[A Warning][54]
[The Moon in the Pool][55]
[The Flying Hours][56]
[The Common Things][57]
[The Hen][60]
[Blundering Benjamin Bumble Bee][61]
[The Two Little Flocks][62]
[To the Little Girl Next Door][64]
[The Ride to Town][65]
[The Swans][67]
[Roads][69]
[The Cuddle-de-wees][71]
[The Highest Hill in Happytown][72]
[A Likeness][75]
[Hay Cocks][76]
[May][77]
[The Windmill Country][78]
[The Owl][79]
[The Cloud in the Garden][80]
[Runaway River][82]
[The Jack o’ Lantern][84]
[The Mad March Hare][86]
[The Water Child][88]
TWILIGHT SONGS
[Twilight Town][91]
[The Lucky Little Star][92]
[The Flock of Dreams][94]
[How Sleep Was Made][95]
[The Two Gowns][97]
[The Twilight Man][99]
[The Dream Ship][100]
[A Prayer at Evening][101]
[The Willow Tree][102]
[The Fairy’s Name was Whisper][104]
[Fire Flies][106]
[The Lady Night][107]
[The March of the Shadows][108]
[The Star-Lighter][109]
[A Ballad of Three][111]
[The Star Ships][113]
[The Yellow City Lights][114]
[The Pilot Wind][115]
[Rocking Song][117]
[The Laughter Mill][119]
[Little Sister of the Moon][121]
[The Sandman’s Wife][123]
[Dreams for Three][126]
[Lady Mother][127]
[The Road to Glad Tomorrow][128]

’TIS a world of wonderful things,
Of wind and water and wings
And the tiniest bird
That ever was heard
Of God and His goodness sings;

So be glad, little child, and say
“Mine is a wonderful way;
They all are for me,
The flower and the tree,
Love, and the light of day.”