35

BABES IN THE WOODS 38

THE PICNIC 40

MUMPS 42

THE CIRCUS 44

STRANGE TREE 46

THE BRANCH 48

THE WORM 50

A CHILD ASLEEP 52

LITTLE BUSH 54

AT THE WATER 55

WATER NOISES 56

AMONG THE RUSHES 58

NUMBERS 59

IN THE NIGHT 60

THE PEOPLE 63

THE GRANDMOTHER 64

IN MARYLAND 66

THE SUNDAY BONNET 68

THE SUN AND A BIRCH TREE 70

A LITTLE WIND 71

AUTUMN FIELDS 72

MR. PENNYBAKER AT CHURCH 74

THE WOLVES 75

A BEAUTIFUL LADY 76

SHELLS IN ROCK 78

HORSE 80

AUGUST NIGHT 82

THREE DOMINICAN NUNS 84

MY HEART 85

THE HENS 86

THE SKY

I saw a shadow on the ground
And heard a bluejay going by;
A shadow went across the ground,
And I looked up and saw the sky.

It hung up on the poplar tree,
But while I looked it did not stay;
It gave a tiny sort of jerk
And moved a little bit away.

And farther on and farther on
It moved and never seemed to stop.
I think it must be tied with chains
And something pulls it from the top.

It never has come down again,
And every time I look to see,
The sky is always slipping back
And getting far away from me.

THE CORNFIELD

I went across the pasture lot
When not a one was watching me.
Away beyond the cattle barns
I climbed a little crooked tree.

And I could look down on the field
And see the corn and how it grows
Across the world and up and down
In very straight and even rows.

And far away and far away--
I wonder if the farmer man
Knows all about the corn and how
It comes together like a fan.

MILKING TIME

When supper time is almost come,
But not quite here, I cannot wait,
And so I take my china mug
And go down by the milking gate.