AUNTIE'S SKIRTS 54 HAPPY THOUGHT 55 THE COW 56 MY BED IS A BOAT 58 THE LAND OF NOD 60 FAIRY BREAD 61 KEEPSAKE MILL 62 WINTER-TIME 64 LOOKING-GLASS RIVER 66 THE SUN'S TRAVELS 69 THE LAMPLIGHTER 70 FOREIGN CHILDREN 73 THE MOON 74 THE HAYLOFT 77 FAREWELL TO THE FARM 78 A THOUGHT 80 SINGING 81 NORTH-WEST PASSAGE I. Good-night 82 II. Shadow March 84 III. In Port 86 TO MY MOTHER 88 GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION 89 A WORD LIST 90 [Illustration] A CHILD'S GARDEN of VERSES [Illustration: _"I have to go to bed by day."_] BED IN SUMMER In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people's feet Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you When all the sky is clear and blue, And I should like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day? [Illustration: _"So fine a show was never seen."_] YOUNG NIGHT THOUGHT All night long and every night, When my mama puts out the light I see the people marching by, As plain as day, before my eye. Armies and emperors and kings, All carrying different kinds of things, And marching in so grand a way, You never saw the like by day. So fine a show was never seen At the great circus on the green; For every kind of beast and man Is marching in that caravan. At first they move a little slow, But still the faster on they go, And still beside them close I keep Until we reach the Town of Sleep.