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The Gardener . Old Ballad . . 188 



Song William Morris . 190 



Song Edwin Arnold . . 191 



The Cypress Tree . . . Nizami (Persian), Tr. 



by Nathan H. Dole 193 



Song Caiiwcns (Trans.) . 194 



Sonnet William Shakespeare . 194 



VII 

 THE CHILD IN THE GARDEN 



Flower-loving Parents . . Joseph Breck . .199 



Night and Day . . . . R. L. Stevenson . . 199 



Forget-Me-Not .... Anonymous . . 2nl 



The Garden of Sleep . . . K. Grahame . . 2< >2 



Fairies and Children . . . J. M. Barrie . . 203 



The Child and the Suu-Dial . Charles Lamb . . 204 



Nephon's Song .... George Darley . . 204 



Hector in the Garden . . . E. B. Browning . 206 



Autumn Fires . . . . R. L. Stevenson . . 208 



The Garden . . . .Mary Howitt . . 209 



Talking in Their Sleep . . E. M. Thomas . . 212 



The Flowers . . . . R. L. Stevenson . .213 



The Sweet, Red Rose . . . M. M. Dodge . . 214 

 Buttercup, Poppy, Forget-llu- 



Not Eugene Field . . 215 



Little White Lily . . . George MacDonald . 216 



The Gardener . . R. L. Stevenson . .217 



VIII 



OF THE DAYS GONE BY 



The Deserted Garden . . E. B. Browning . 221 



A Forsaken Garden . . A. C. Swinburne . 225 



