VIII U FOREIGN LANDS [P into the cherry tree Who should climb but little me? I held the trunk with both my hand's And looked abroad on foreign lands. I saw the next door garden lie, I saw the dimpling river pass If I could find a higher tree To where the roads on either hand WH WINDY NIGHTS HENEVER the moon and stars are set, All night long in the dark and wet, A man goes riding by. Late in the night when the fires are out, Whenever the trees are crying aloud, By at the gallop he goes, and then X I TRAVEL SHOULD like to rise and go Where the golden apples grow; Where below another sky Parrot islands anchored lie, And, watched by cockatoos and goats, Where in sunshine reaching out Eastern cities, miles about, Are with mosque and minaret Among sandy gardens set, And the rich goods from near and far Hang for sale in the bazaar; Where the Great Wall round China goes, And on one side the desert blows, And with bell and voice and drum, Cities on the other hum; Where are forests, hot as fire, TRAVEL Hunting fish before his eyes;- All its children, sweep and prince, Light a fire in the gloom Of some dusty dining room; |