William Brighty Rands Night Poems
- 1. Dressing The Doll
THIS is the way we dress the Doll:รข??
You may make her a shepherdess, the Doll,
If you give her a crook with a pastoral hook,
But this is the way we dress the Doll.
... - 2. The Cat Of Cats
I am the cat of cats. I am
The everlasting cat!
Cunning, and old, and sleek as jam,
The everlasting cat!
... - 3. Polly
Brown eyes,
Straight nose;
Dirt pies,
Rumpled clothes;
... - 4. Little Ditties I
Winifred Waters sat and sighed
Under a weeping willow;
When she went to bed she cried,
Wetting all the pillow;
... - 5. The Thought
Into the skies, one summer's day,
I sent a little Thought away;
Up to where, in the blue round,
The sun sat shining without sound.
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