. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy . sang To see so fair a kissed her twice, they kissed her thrice, And murmured with delight. Then came the gallant captain, And stood upon the deck;In velvet coat, and ruffles white, Without a spot or speck;And diamond rings, and triple strings Of pearls around his neck. Her brothers were the craggy hills, Her sisters larchen-trees;Alone with her great family She lived as she did breakfast had she many a morn, No dinner many a noon,And stead of supper she would stare Full hard against the moon. But every
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy . sang To see so fair a kissed her twice, they kissed her thrice, And murmured with delight. Then came the gallant captain, And stood upon the deck;In velvet coat, and ruffles white, Without a spot or speck;And diamond rings, and triple strings Of pearls around his neck. Her brothers were the craggy hills, Her sisters larchen-trees;Alone with her great family She lived as she did breakfast had she many a morn, No dinner many a noon,And stead of supper she would stare Full hard against the moon. But every morn of woodbine freshShe made her garlanding, And every night the dark glen yewShe wore; and she would sing, And four-and-twenty sailorsWere round him bowing low; On every jacket three times threeGold buttons in a row; And cutlasses down to their knees;They made a goodly show. And then the ship went sailing, A-sailing oer the sea ;She dived beyond the setting sun, But never back came she,For she found the lands of the golden sands, Where the pearls and diamonds THE MOON-MIST ANDLITTLE BOY. A DREAM JOURNEY BY BLANCHE V. FISHER The Moon-mist Queen came down one nightFrom the Land of a Silvery Star, To ask Little Boy if he d care to goOn a flyaway trip afar. He sat cuddled up on his small white bed, Staring with wondering eyesAt the beautiful lady who asked him to go On a journey up in the skies. She lent him a pair of gossamer wingsOf shimmering silver and white; Then holding his hand, away they sailedOut into the starlit night. The big round world grew small and dim, Their harbor was still afar;When Little Boy turned to look again, He found his earth but a star. 61 62 POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES She gave him a drink from the Milky Way, In a dipper of silver and blueChained to the sky with links of stars, Kept cool in morning dew. A queer old woman who sat on a broom Swiftly passed them sweep cobwebs, the Mist-Queen said, Out of the evening sky. They were go
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