Nor that when Bethlehem was filled with wailing ...

... There is no reason for unhappiness,

Save that the saddened stars have hid their faces,

And that dun clouds usurp their brilliant places,

And that the wind lacks even strength to sigh.

And yet, as if outraged by some long tune

A dog cries dolefully, green-eyed in the moon ...


The Jumping-Bean
(A curious bean, with a small maggot in it, who comes to life and tumbles his dwelling at the stimulus of warmth)