n my eye.

How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below!
Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow;
There oft as mild evening sweeps over the lea,
The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me.

Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides,
And winds by my cot where my Mary resides;
How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave,
As gathering sweet flowerets she stems thy clear wave.

Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays,
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.

VIOLET'S BLUE[17]

DANIEL HENRY JR.

_Theme_.
"Violet's blue--Diddle, diddle!
Lavender's green.
When I am King--Diddle, diddle!
You shall be Queen."
"Mother Goose Melodies."

You shall have crown--Diddle, diddle!
Jewels and gold,
Damasks and lace--Diddle, diddle!
Centuries old.

Pages behind--Diddle, diddle!
Heralds before,
And all the state--Diddle, diddle!
Queens had of yore.

But when you're queen--Diddle, diddle!
And I am king,
Will your eyes shine--Diddle, diddle!
Will my lips sing,

As they do now--Diddle, diddle!
When we are still,
Poor country-folk--Diddle, diddle!
Plain Jack and Jill?

Can our hearts beat--Diddle, diddle!
Our love unfold,
Prisoned in pomp--Diddle, diddle!
Girdled with gold?

Love thrives alone--Diddle, diddle!
In open air;
Where pageants are--Diddle, diddle!
Love is not there.

When skies are blue--Diddle, diddle!
And fields are green,
I will be king--Diddle, diddle!
You shall be queen.

Queen of Day-dreams--Diddle, diddle!
King of No-lands,
With full-filled hearts--Diddle, diddle!
And empty hands.

Let others king--Diddle, diddle!
And queen, who will:
We're better so--Diddle, diddle!
Plain Jack and Jill.

FOOTNOTE:

[17] From "Under a Fool's Cap," published by Kegan Paul, French & Co.,
London.

TO A WATERFOWL[18]

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

Whither, midst falling dew,
While glow the heavens with the last steps of day,
Far through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue
Thy so