Front matter
Reading edition
THE SILVER CROWN Another Book of Fables BY LAURA E. RICHARDS Author of "Captain January," "The Golden Windows," "The Joyous Story of Toto," etc. BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1919
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Copyright, 1906, By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved Printers S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U. S. A.
To my Sister MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT
A WINTER THOUGHT
Hast thou e'er a grief, dear? Lock it in thy heart! Keep it, close it, Sacred and apart; Lest another, at thy sigh, Hear his sorrow stir and cry. Wakeful watch doth sorrow keep: Hush it! hide it! bid it sleep! Hast thou e'er a joy, love? Bind it on thy brow! Vaunt it, flaunt it, All the world to know. Where the shade lies dim and gray, Turn its glad and heartsome ray. Does thy sad-browed neighbor smile? So thy life was worth the while!