Those over there on the window-sill.

Rock slow, more slow in the dusky light,

Silently lower the anchor down:

Dear little passenger, say “Good-night.”

We’ve reached the harbor of Shadowtown.

—Anon.

MY SHADOW.

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,

And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.

He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;