old lie the daisy-banks,
Clad but in green,
Where in the Mays agone
Bright hues were seen.
Wild pinks are slumbering,
Violets delay--
True little Dandelion
Greeteth the May.

Meek little Dandelion
Groweth more fair,
Till dries the amber dew
Out from her hair.
High rides the thirsty sun,
Fiercely and high,--
Faint little Dandelion
Closeth her eye.

Dead little Dandelion,
In her white shroud,
Heareth the angel-breeze
Call from the cloud.
Tiny plumes fluttering
Make no delay,
Little winged Dandelion
Soareth away.
_Helen L. Bostwick._

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INDEX OF TITLES

Afternoon in February _Henry W. Longfellow_
Ant and the Cricket, The _Anonymous_
April Day, An _Henry W. Longfellow_
April Welcome, An _Phoebe Cary_
Autumn _Alice Cary_
Autumn Fires _Robert Louis Stevenson_

Ballad of the Tempest, The _James T. Fields_
Birds in Summer _Mary Howitt_
Bluebird, The _Emily Huntington Miller_
Blue Jay, The _Susan Hartley Swett_
"Bob White" _George Cooper_
Brook-Song, The _James Whitcomb Riley_
Brown Thrush, The _Lucy Larcom_
Busy Day, A _Anonymous_

Calling the Violet _Lucy Larcom_
Camel's Hump, The _Rudyard Kipling_
Captain's Daughter, The (See "Ballad of the Tempest")
Chestnut Burr, The _Anonymous_
Child's Prayer, A _Matilda B. Edwards_
Child's Thought of God, A _Elizabeth Barrett Browning_
Choosing a Name _Mary Lamb_
Christmas _Nahum Tate_
Christmas Carol, A _J.G. Holland_

Daisies, The _Bliss Carman_
Dandelion _Kate L. Brown_
Dandelions, The _Helen Gray Cone_
Day, A _Emily Dickinson_
Daybreak _Henry W. Longfellow_
Don't Kill the Birds _J. Colesworthy_
Dove, The _John Keats_
"Down to Sleep"