. Songs of the shining way . WE were tired of travelone afternoon,And stopped at the signof The Great Barn-Door,And Jimmy and Alice took rooms in the I had mine on the second floor. Jimmy and Alice went climbing high Over the rafters above my head,And peeped thro the swallow-holes out at sky. —If Mother had seen them, what wouldhave said? But I stayed down in the soft new hay, And the sun crept in thro a yellow chink, And a long beam found me out where I lay,And tickled my eyes till it made them blink. 20 The dust-motes circled and whirled and danced,And my pillow was soft and warm
. Songs of the shining way . WE were tired of travelone afternoon,And stopped at the signof The Great Barn-Door,And Jimmy and Alice took rooms in the I had mine on the second floor. Jimmy and Alice went climbing high Over the rafters above my head,And peeped thro the swallow-holes out at sky. —If Mother had seen them, what wouldhave said? But I stayed down in the soft new hay, And the sun crept in thro a yellow chink, And a long beam found me out where I lay,And tickled my eyes till it made them blink. 20 The dust-motes circled and whirled and danced,And my pillow was soft and warm and deep, And the hay smelled sweet, and it somehow chancedThat there in the mow I feel asleep. And I dreamed a dream full of swallows wings, And elfish motes in the dusty air,And thousands of other wonderful things; Till Jimmy and Alice found me 21
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