We, so much older, Taller and stronger, We shall look down on the Birdies no longer. They shall go flying In spite of our wisdom THE FLOWERS LL the names I know from nurse: Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse, Bachelor's buttons, Lady's smock, And the Lady Hollyhock. Fairy places, fairy things, Fairy woods where the wild bee wings, Tiny trees for tiny dames— These must all be fairy names! Tiny woods below whose boughs Fair are grown-up people's trees, IV SUMMER SUN REAT is the sun, and wide he goes G Through empty heaven without repose; And in the blue and glowing days More thick than rain he showers his rays. Though closer still the blinds we pull Yet he will find a chink or two The dusty attic spider-clad He, through the keyhole, maketh glad; Meantime his golden face around Above the hills, along the blue, THE DUMB SOLDIER HEN the grass was closely mown, W walking on the lawn alone, In the turf a hole I found And hid a soldier underground. Spring and daisies came apace; Under grass alone he lies, When the grass is ripe like grain, I shall find him, never fear, |