Whenever the moon and stars are set, Whenever the wind is high, All night long in the dark and wet, A man goes riding by. Late in the night when the fires are out, Why does he gallop and gallop about? Whenever the trees are crying aloud, And ships are tossed at sea, By, on the highway, low and loud, By at the gallop goes he. By at the gallop he goes, and then By he comes back at the gallop again. --ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. 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? --ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. WHAT DOES LITTLE BIRDIE SAY? What does little birdie say, In her nest at peep of day? Let me fly, says little birdie, Mother, let me fly away. Birdie, rest a little longer, Till the little wings are stronger. So she rests a little longer, Then she flies away. What does little baby say, In her bed at peep of day? Baby says, like little birdie, Let me rise and fly away. Baby, sleep a little longer, Till the little limbs are stronger. If she sleeps a little longer, Baby too shall fly away. --ALFRED LORD TENNYSON. A SLUMBER SONG Sleep, baby, sleep. Thy father is tending the sheep: Thy mother is shaking the dreamland tree, And down comes a little dream on thee. Sleep, baby, sleep. Sleep, baby, sleep. The large stars are the sheep: The little stars are the lambs, I guess, And the bright moon is the shepherdess. Sleep, baby, sleep. Sleep, baby, sleep. Our Saviour loves His sheep: He is the Lamb of God on high, Who for our sakes came down to die. Sleep, baby, sleep. --_From the German by_ CAROLINE SOUTHEY. PSALM XXIII The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.