Folks say she is terribly changed, dears,

For her paint is all washed away;

And her arms trodden off by the cows, dears,

And her hair not the least bit curled:

Yet for old time’s sake, she is still to me

The prettiest doll in the world.

—Charles Kingsley.

BED IN SUMMER.

In winter I get up at night

And dress by yellow candle-light.