The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes. I love thee, Lord Jesus! look down from the sky, And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh.

Martin Luther.



The Christmas Holly

The holly! the holly! oh, twine it with bay— Come give the holly a song; For it helps to drive stern winter away, With his garment so sombre and long; It peeps through the trees with its berries of red, And its leaves of burnished green, When the flowers and fruits have long been dead, And not even the daisy is seen. Then sing to the holly, the Christmas holly, That hangs over peasant and king; While we laugh and carouse 'neath its glittering boughs, To the Christmas holly we'll sing.

* * * * *

Eliza Cook.



Said I to myself, here's a chance for me The Lilliput Laureate for to be! And these are the Specimens I sent in To Pinafore Palace. Shall I win?

William Brighty Rands.



INDEX

Adoration of the Wise Men, The, 257

All Things Bright and Beautiful, 237

Angel's Whisper, The, 139

Answer to a Child's Question, 62

Ant and the Cricket, The, 78

April, In, 8

Auld Daddy Darkness, 221

Baby Corn, 93

Baby Seed Song, 88

Beau's Reply, 112

Bed-Time, 232

Bells of Christmas, 255

Birdies with Broken Wings, 133

Birds in Spring, The, 54

Birds in Summer, 65

Bird's Song in Spring, 102

Birthday Gift, A, 267

Blessing for the Blessed, A, 129

Blind Boy, The, 160

Bluebird, The, 68

Blue Jay, The, 74

Boy and the Sheep, The, 114

Boy, The, 128

Boy's Song, A, 165

Breeches, Going Into, 174

Bunch of Roses, A, 155

Butterflies, White, 78

By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill, 244

Camel's Nose, The, 240

Chanticleer, 72

Child, A Sleeping, 132

Child at Bethlehem, The, 155

Child's Fancy, A, 95

Child's Grace, A, 241

Child's Laughter, A, 145

Child's Prayer, A, 252

Child's Thought of God, A, 241

Children, Little, 137

Children, Other Little, 123

Chill, A, 144

Christmas Holly, The, 273

Christmas Lullaby, A, 267

Christmas Silence, The, 260

Christmas Song, 261

Christmas Trees, The, 265

City Child, The, 173

Cleanliness, 126

Clouds, 40

Corn-Fields, 248

Cottager to Her Infant, 230

Cow-Boy's Song, The, 217

Cradle Hymn (Watts), 258

Cradle Hymn (Luther), 272

Daffy-Down-Dilly, 91

Daisy's Song, The, 103

Dandelions, 98

Day, A, 28

Deaf and Dumb, 159

Dear Little Violets, 101

Discontent, 193

Doll, Dressing the, 167

Doll, The Lost, 166

Dolladine, 167

Elf and the Dormouse, The, 213

Elf, The Little, 188

Fable, 206

Fairies of the Caldon-Low, The, 209

Fairies' Shopping, The, 204

Fairies, The Child and the, 187

Fairies, The Last Voyage of The, 184

Fairy Folk, The, 181

Fairy in Armor, A, 183

February, In, 5

Fern, A New, 186

Fern Song, 90

Flax Flower, The, 99

Flower Folk, The, 81

Fountain, The, 34

Garaine, Little, 140

Garden, In a, 151

Good Luck, For, 105

Good-Morning, 29

Good-Night and Good-Morning, 136

Grass, The Voice of the, 36

Guessing Song, 45

Hie Away, 176

High and Low, 244

How the Leaves Came Down, 17

Hunting Song, 176

Infant Joy, 129

I Remember, I Remember, 135

I Saw Three Ships, 268

Jack Frost, 47

Kitten and Falling Leaves, The, 121

Lady Moon, 30

Lamb, The, 242

Lamb, The Pet, 116

Lambs in the Meadow, 115

Land of Story-Books, The, 172

Lark and the Rook, The, 56

Letter, A, to Lady Margaret Cavendish Holles-Harley, when a Child, 141

Little Christel, 250

Little Dandelion, 97

Little Gustava, 152

Little Land, The, 148

Little White Lily, 83

Lobster Quadrille, A, 202

Love and the Child, 142

Lucy Gray, 156

Lullaby of an Infant Chief, 226

Lullaby, Old Gaelic, 228

Magpie's Nest, The, 198

March, 6

Marjorie's Almanac, 3

May, 13

Meg Merrilies, 214

Midsummer Song, A, 207

Milking Time, 113

My Pony, 109

Nearly Ready, 7

Neighbors of the Christ Night, 271

Night, 232

Night and Day, 243

Nightfall in Dordrecht, 233

Nightingale and the Glowworm, The, 195

Now the Noisy Winds Are Still, 33

Offertory, An, 261

O Lady Moon, 31

Old Gaelic Lullaby, 228

"One, Two, Three," 188

Owl, The, 70

Owl and the Pussy-Cat, The, 201

Pedlar's Caravan, The, 170

Piping Down the Valleys Wild, 131

Play-Time, 163

Polly, 143

Rain, Signs of, 41

Rivulet, The, 46

Robert of Lincoln, 75

Robin Redbreast, 54

Robin Redbreast, An Epitaph on a, 67

Rockaby, Lullaby, 224

Romance, 215

St. Nicholas, A Visit from, 262

Sandman, The, 228

Santa Claus, 269

Sea-Song from the Shore, A, 171

Seal Lullaby, 113

September, 16

Seven Times One, 133

Sheep and Lambs, 245

Shower, A Sudden, 43

Singer, The, 73

Sleep, A Charm to Call, 231

Sleep, My Treasure, 225

Snowbird, The, 57

Snowdrops, 89

Snowflakes, 49

Song (Keats), 69

Song (Peacock), 104

Spaniel, On a, Called Beau, Killing a Young Bird, 111

Spring, 9

Spring and Summer, 14

Spring Song, 7

Spring, The Coming of, 11

Spring, The Voice of, 10

Storm, After the, 156

Strange Lands, 44

Summer Days, 15

Swallows, The, 53

Sweet and Low, 227

Thank You, Pretty Cow, 114

Thanksgiving Day, 196

Thanksgiving Fable, A, 197

The Water! the Water! 49

There's Nothing Like the Rose, 89

Thimble, What May Happen to a, 190

Titmouse, The, 64

To His Saviour, a Child; A Present by a Child, 246

Tree, The, 102

Violet Bank, A, 88

Violet, The, 90

Violets, 85

Voice, The Still Small, 238

Waterfall, The, 35

What Does Little Birdie Say? 69

What the Winds Bring, 29

What Would You See? 247

Where Go the Boats? 125

Who Stole the Bird's Nest? 59

Wild Geese, 71

Wild Winds, 32

Wind in a Frolic, The, 38

Wind, The, 33

Windy Nights, 31

Winter Night, 19

Wishing, 127

Wonderful World, The, 27

World's Music, The, 146

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, 222

Year's Windfalls, A (Rossetti), 20

Young Dandelion, 86

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Transcriber's Notes:

Page xi, "v" changed to "ix" for actual location of poem entitled "Lilliput Notice."

Page xiii, "Child's" changed to "Bird's" to conform to text (Bird's Song in Spring)

Page xiv, "Bjooernson" changed to "Bjoernson" (Bjoernstjerne Bjoernson)

Page 151, a break was inserted between the lines:

Fairer though they be than dreams of ours. Baby, hear the birds!

THE END