HARLEY R. WILEY,
in Overland Monthly, Sept., 1908.

AUGUST 26.

WHEN THE POPPY GOES TO SLEEP.

Now the sandman comes a-calling,

And those eyes can scarcely peep:

It is little children's bedtime

When the poppy goes to sleep.

In the west the sun is sinking,

And the chickens go to roost: