air and winds it!

CONVERSATION

In proper sentences of purr
And monosyllables of mews
When I have told my news to her,
My kitten tells me kitten news.

THE HOMESICK STAR

The candle stood beside my bed
And dropped a little tear;
I sat up, shivering, and said,
"I know you're lonesome here;

"You'd rather have the sky than me;
You've been too kind by far
To say so. Now I've guessed, you see,
That you're a homesick star!

"I'll send you home again, for I
Was homesick once, and know;
And when you're safely in the sky
And I am here below,

"Then don't forget me, candle, please,
But twinkle very plain
On dark, dark nights about like these
Above my window pane."

Then, (though I am afraid at night
That thieves might be about,)
I screwed my eyes up very tight
And blew the candle out!

THE LONESOMEST FAIRY

There's a dewdrop shining bright
On the grass by the sun undried,
It's a tear that fell in the night
When the lonesomest fairy cried.

THE PRESENT

The sky is like a Christmas tree,
The burning stars its candles be;
The moon's a bulky gift and odd,
Marked, "To the World, With Love, From God."

GRIEF

Forget it soon? It's 'cause I know
That I'll forget, I'm crying so!

THE SATURDAYS' PARTY IN FAIRYLAND

All the Saturdays met one day
(Each was very polite, they say),
They shook each other by the hand,
And had a party in Fairyland!

They wouldn't let any Monday in,
And not one Tuesday at all could win
Her way past the supercilious crowd!
And Wednesdays--why, they weren't allowed!

Thursdays could only stand in the street
And look through the door at the things to eat!
And the Fridays and Sundays pretended they
Didn't like parties, anyway!

But the Saturdays had the greatest fun!
They played "Hop-scotch" and "Run-sheep-run,"
And "Frog-in-the-meadow," and "Pull-away!"
And everything else they wanted to play!

They used the Throne for "Musical Chairs"
As if the Fairy Queen's house were theirs!
In rooms enchanted they ran and hid,
And whatever they wished they could do, they did!

And after they'd played and played and played,
They had pink straws in their lemonade!
And the cookies and tarts were like a dream!
And all the Saturdays had ice-cream!

I'd my doubts when I heard--And you have your