s--
But strange things happen on Foreign Shores!
And they say that the best fete ever planned
Was the Saturdays' party in Fairyland!

THE SORROWS OF A SEAMSTRESS

I'm learning to sew; I'm basting
And hemming, and all that.
But I wish that the eye were bigger
Or the thread not quite so fat!

MY MOTHER'S GARDEN IS THE SEA--

My mother's garden is the sea
If it is viewed aright.
The sweet alyssum borders are
The ocean's breakers white;

The butterflies and humming-birds
Are sea-gulls flying o'er;
And in our gravel garden path
I pace a foreign shore!

THE GYMNASTIC CLOCK

The little clock is friends with me,
It talks as plain as plain can be,
And says, each morning as it rises,
"Now, don't forget your exercises!
Both hands above your head, you know!
Then lower them very slowly, so;
Ho, don't get tired and stop, that way!
_I_ exercise like this, all day!"
Right in its face then, I say, "Pooh!
I wouldn't boast of it, like you,
But I can swing my arms 'round, too!"
And so the clock then looks at me,
And I look back, and I and he
Each single morning, when we rise,
Just exercise and exercise!

SNOWFLAKES

The fairies called snowflakes all dressed up in white,
They went to the dance, and were dancing all night.

And now they lie tired, where sleep chanced to o'ertake them.
Step lightly, speak softly, take care not to wake them!

PIRATE SONG

A pirate, a pirate!
I'd like to be a pirate!
A black-bearded pirate, with a pistol at my side!
With a crew to take my orders
And scour the ocean's borders,
I'd tramp along the quarterdeck, my ship upon the tide!

A pirate, a pirate!
I want to be a pirate
A-sailing off to Tartary, to India, and Spain!
I'd show them I was master,
As we scudded fast and faster,
We pirates bold, a-search for gold, across the Spanish Main!

A pirate, a pirate!
I'd like to be a pirate,
A scarlet scarf about my neck, a cutlass at my wrist!
With my boots of shining leather
Creaking when they rubbed together,
And a foeman lank, to walk the plank, whenever I'd insist!

A pirate, a pirate!
I want to be a pirate!
To sail the seas for treasure, and to keep it in our hold!
To fear no foe nor nation--
What a splendid occupation
To be a doughty pirate in the daring days of old!

A pir