And O! before you hurry by with ladder

and with light;

O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him to-night!

Y

MY BED IS A BOAT

My bed is like a little boat;

Μ

Nurse helps me in when I embark;

She girds me in my sailor's coat
And starts me in the dark.

At night, I go on board and say
Good night to all my friends on shore;

I shut my eyes and sail away
And see and hear no more.

And sometimes things to bed I take,
As prudent sailors have to do;
Perhaps a slice of wedding-cake,
Perhaps a toy or two.

All night across the dark we steer;
But when the day returns at last,
Safe in my room, beside the pier,
I find my vessel fast.

THE MOON

HE moon has a face like the clock in the hall;

TH

She shines on thieves on the garden wall, On streets and fields and harbour quays, And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees.

The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse, The howling dog by the door of the house, The bat that lies in bed at noon,

All love to be out by the light of the moon.

But all of the things that belong to the day
Cuddle to sleep to be out of her way;
And flowers and children close their eyes
Till up in the morning the sun shall arise.

H

THE SWING

OW do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?

Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!

Up in the air and over the wall,

Till I can see so wide,

Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside -

Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown

Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!

A

TIME TO RISE

BIRDIE with a yellow bill
Hopped upon the window sill,

Cocked his shining eye and said:
"Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-head!"