Suppose you ask, “Who has been bad?”

And then you’ll hear what’s true;

For the wind will moan in its ruefulest tone:

“Yoooooo! Yoooooooooo! Yoooooooooo!”

—Eugene Field.

THE BLUE BIRD’S SONG.

Little white snowdrop, I pray you arise:

Bright yellow crocus, come, open your eyes:

Sweet little violets hid from the cold,

Put on your mantles of purple and gold.