IN AN OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN

318The garden was pleasant with old-fashioned flowers,

The sunflowers and hollyhocks stood up like towers;

There were dark turncap-lilies and jasemine rare,

And sweet thyme and marjoram scented the air.

William Brightly Rands.

Buttercup, Poppy, Forget-me-not,

These three bloomed in a garden spot;

And once, all merry with song and play,

A little one heard three voices say:

"Shine and shadow, summer and spring,

O thou child with the tangled hair

And laughing eyes! We thee shall bring

Each an offering passing fair."

The little one did not understand

But they bent and kissed the dimpled hand.

Eugene Field.

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