The Wind's Song O winds that blow across the sea, You sing to flowers and trees and birds The roses nod to hear you sing; Its masts are taller than the trees; With wings spread out it flies so fast It leaves the waves all white with foam. Just whisper to me, blowing past, If you have seen it sailing home. I feel your breath upon my cheek, And in my hair, and on my brow. My father's coming home, you'd say, And eggs and shells for Rob and me. The winds sing songs where'er they roam; The leaves all clap their little hands; For father's ship is coming home With wondrous things from foreign lands. Gabriel Setoun. Who Likes the Rain? "I," said the duck. "I call it fun, "I!" cried the dandelion, "I! "I hope 'twill pour! I hope 'twill pour!" Sang the brook: "I laugh at every drop, "I," shouted Ted, " for I can run, Clara Doty Bates. Rain * The rain is raining all around, And on the ships at sea. Robert Louis Stevenson. * From "Poems and Ballads," copyright, 1895, 1896, by Chas. Scribner's Sons. Rain in Spring So soft and gentle falls the rain, 'Twould hurt the budding leaves and flowers. Gabriel Setoun. Sun and Rain If all were rain and never sun, Christina G. Rossetti. Bees Bees don't care about the snow; Once I caught a little bee Who was much too warm for me. Frank Dempster Sherman. Annie's Garden In little Annie's garden Grew all sorts of posies; There were pinks, and mignonette, And tulips, and roses. Sweet peas, and morning glories, And marigolds, and asters, There the bees went for honey, And there among her flowers, In her own pretty garden Little Annie went to play. Eliza Lee Follen. The Daisy I'm a pretty little thing, Always coming with the spring; |