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SONGS OF CHILDHOOD

[Illustration: Under the Dock Leaves,
by Richard Doyle.]

Songs of Childhood

By

WALTER RAMAL

_WITH FRONTISPIECE_

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1902

CONTENTS

'UNDER THE DOCK LEAVES,' _Frontispiece_
_From a drawing by_ RICHARD DOYLE
_in the possession of_ C. J. LONGMAN, Esq.

Page

THE GNOMIES, 1
BLUEBELLS, 3
LOVELOCKS, 4
O DEAR ME! 5
TARTARY, 6
THE BUCKLE, 8
THE HARE, 9
BUNCHES OF GRAPES, 10
JOHN MOULDY, 11
THE FLY, 12
SONG, 13
I SAW THREE WITCHES, 14
THE SILVER PENNY, 16
THE NIGHT-SWANS, 18
THE FAIRIES DANCING, 20
REVERIE, 22
THE THREE BEGGARS, 24
THE DWARF, 27
ALULVAN, 30
THE PEDLAR, 32
THE GREY WOLF, 36
THE OGRE, 37
DAME HICKORY, 41
THE PILGRIM, 43
THE GAGE,