SONGS OF CHILDHOOD

Songs of Childhood

By

WALTER RAMAL

WITH FRONTISPIECE

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1902


CONTENTS

'UNDER THE DOCK LEAVES,' From a drawing by Richard Doyle in the possession of C. J. Longman, Esq. [ Frontispiece]
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THE GNOMIES, [ 1]
BLUEBELLS, [ 3]
LOVELOCKS, [ 4]
O DEAR ME! [ 5]
TARTARY, [ 6]
THE BUCKLE, [ 8]
THE HARE, [ 9]
BUNCHES OF GRAPES, [ 10]
JOHN MOULDY, [ 11]
THE FLY, [ 12]
SONG, [ 13]
I SAW THREE WITCHES, [ 14]
THE SILVER PENNY, [ 16]
THE NIGHT-SWANS, [ 18]
THE FAIRIES DANCING, [ 20]
REVERIE, [ 22]
THE THREE BEGGARS, [ 24]
THE DWARF, [ 27]
ALULVAN, [ 30]
THE PEDLAR, [ 32]
THE GREY WOLF, [ 36]
THE OGRE, [ 37]
DAME HICKORY, [ 41]
THE PILGRIM, [ 43]
THE GAGE, [ 48]
AS LUCY WENT A-WALKING, [ 53]
THE ENGLISHMAN, [ 58]
THE PHANTOM, [ 62]
THE MILLER AND HIS SON, [ 68]
DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY, [ 71]
THE SUPPER, [ 75]
THE ISLE OF LONE, [ 78]
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, [ 83]
THE HORN, [ 84]
CAPTAIN LEAN, [ 85]
THE PORTRAIT OF A WARRIOR, [ 87]
HAUNTED, [ 88]
THE RAVEN'S TOMB, [ 90]
THE CHRISTENING, [ 91]
THE MOTHER BIRD, [ 93]
THE CHILD IN THE STORY GOES TO BED, [ 94]
THE CHILD IN THE STORY AWAKES, [ 96]
THE LAMPLIGHTER, [ 98]
CECIL, [ 100]
I MET AT EVE, [ 102]
LULLABY [ 104]
ENVOY, [ 106]