Christina Rossetti, an English poet, was born in London in 1830 and died in 1894. She wrote many poems for children. Among her works are "A Nursery Rhyme Book," and "Short Stories in Prose."

O

LADY MOON, your horns point toward the east;
Shine, be increased;

O Lady Moon, your horns point toward the west;

Wane, be at rest.

WH

A wooden spade they gave to me
To dig the sandy shore.

My holes were empty like a cup,

In every hole the sea came up,

Till it could come no more.

From "A Child's Garden of Verses," copyright, 1895, by Charles Scribner's Sons.

MAKING A HOUSE

JOSEPHINE PEABODY

IRST of all I draw the smoke

Trailing up the sky;

Then the chimney underneath;

And the birds all flying by;

Then the house; and every window
Watching like an eye.

Of eternity.

Thus our little errors

Lead the soul away

From the path of virtue,
Off in sin to stray.

Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Make this world an Eden,

Like the Heaven above.

Mrs. Follen was born in Boston in 1787. From 1843 to 1850 she was the editor of The Child's World.