Volume 1 — A Tiny Shoe.
Reading edition
I.
Only a tiny outworn shoe Tied with a ribbon that once was blue, Filled with memories, hopes and fears, Stealing back from the vanished years. There it is lying, hidden away— Where is the other?—who can say; Odd as it is, and worn and old, Somebody would not sell it for gold! Only a little outworn shoe, Tied with a ribbon that once was blue!
II.
Only a baby footfall light, Making a dark world glad and bright, Sweeter music than greatest art Ever made, to a mother's heart! Ah, that was twenty years away— But though she blushed as a bride to-day, To somebody, smiling her joy-tears through, She still seemed the wearer of this wee shoe! Only a little outworn shoe, Tied with a ribbon that once was blue!