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Child's Play

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(A Volume of Illustrations by E. V. B.)

O fairy Volume, fresh from fairyland,
Glad welcome take, for such beseems thy birth,
And take my rhyme of praise, tho' little worth,
For grateful hearts not always song command.
Bright dreams thou bringest of a happier Earth,
Dreams of a Heaven not too good or grand,
Where daisies grow, nor is there any dearth
Of nut or berry: where old castles stand
Yearning towards the Sunset, on the strand;
And children piping to green fields go forth,
Or singing, dance with angels, hand in hand,
Or birdlike mix with birds, in careless mirth;
A heaven where trees have not too heavenly girth,
Where all can feel what none may understand.
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