PS 3503 1919 The Heart of a Girl Class Book.. K 5 4 VA^ Copyright If ._ -i 1 CDFXRIGRT DEPOSIT. THE HEART OF A GIRL THE HEART of A GIRL BY LUCILE C. ENLOW BOSTON THE STRATFORD CO., Publishers 1919 ft fb"" ^ Copyright 1919. * The STRATFORD CO., B^iblishers Boston, Mass. SEP -3 idiy The Alpine Press, Boston, Mass., U. S. A. ©CI.A529788 INDEX TO CONTENTS The Critic 3 Youth and Age 4 The Song of the Pines .... 6 Grandma 8 The Sailor 9 Girlhood 10 The Gypsy Lass 12 A May Morning 13 June 15 A Man's World 17 The Blues 18 My Dog 21 Longing 22 A Fickle King ... . . . . .23 Lake Michigan 25 Fiat Justitio 26 A Safe Weather Prophecy . . . .27 v INDEX TO CONTENTS An Etching 28 Unspoken Thoughts 29 Hymn 30 A Prayer 31 The Ascension ...... 33 September 35 The Waves 36 De Profundis 37 On a Brook .39 Worship 40 The Little I. W. W 41 To My Husband 42 Weary of Light . . . . .44 Indian Lullaby ...... 45 Love Song 46 Baby 47 Blind Muriel 49 Babe in the Woods . . . . . 51 Death and Life 52 Isaiah 55 54 vi INDEX TO CONTENTS My Dream 55 Absence 56 A Child 58 Time 59 Ghosts 61 Nursery Song 62 Sweet Memories 63 Sunshine and Shadows . . . .64 Fate 65 Rest 66 Florida .67 Forgetting 68 vn INTRODUCTION THESE verses for the most part represent the moods of adolescence, as they were written between the ages of thirteen and sixteen, a few later. Whatever their merit as poems, I felt that they might be of interest to other young girls who find themselves desperate for some mode of expressing their thronging thoughts and emo- tions. Spent in words hidden away among our private belongings, they harm no one and are helpful at least for the time being, to us if to no other soul. So I dedicate my little book, first to the one girl who has been my own loyal com- panion and inspiration since childhood, and then to all girls everywhere. LUCILE C. ENLOW. Lovingly Dedicated to Betty Vogel Vining INTO my life there came A breath of fragrance never lost Because one does not doubt me, My friend knows all about me And loves me just the same At any cost. And sweeter than her trust Is that deep rest of faith in me Whereby I know my love is sure, 'Twill outlast life and then endure — When we are laid in dust — Eternity. The Critic HA ! Are ye all authors ? This goodly throng! Ye all claim to write Undying song? Let Time judge! From such a crowd as ye Time might pick one. You're all immortal? Ha, what fun! Let Time judge! [3] THE HEART OP A GIRL Youth and Age THE lonely trickle of the drizzling rain Falls on my spirit with a pleasant ache ; The sleeping echoes of old voices wake Like the dim remembrance of forgotten pain. Last night the earth wept, warm youth feeling old; Today the tears are frozen on her face, The branches bowing with a weary grace Are frozen-bowed now, lifeless, dry and cold. The gentle music of warm grief is stilled, The footprints planted in the sad, moist ground Were swiftly sculptured there without a sound, And with the bright, pure snow were lightly filled. [4] THE HEART OF A GIRL The sun came later and her tender smile Made brilliant jewels of those early tears, As wise Time uses all the nameless fears That bother us in youth a little while. [5] THE HEART OF A GIRL The Song of the Pines THE tinkling needles of the forest pine. Sing a serenade to Sedawaia; Every little murmur seems like sighing, And she sleeps to the song of the pines. Sh — ! Sedawaia 's dreaming, Dreaming to the song of the pines. The whisp 'ring, swaying of the slender boughs Bring dreams of a painted quiver, And flying arrows whistling thru the pines That sing duets with the river. Sh — ! Sedawaia 's dreaming, Dreaming to the song of the pines. [6] THE HEART OF A GIRL The perfumed freshness of her forest bed Is shared with the fleet wild deer, But the Indian locks of Sedawaia Do not stir for she knows no fear. Sh — ! Sedawaia 's dreaming, Dreaming to the song of the pines. [7] THE HEART OF A GIRL Grandma GRANDMA ! Saintly, gentle soul ! Smiling peaceful on us all; Nearing now that longed-for goal, Waiting for her Saviour's call. See, her tread is slow and careful, Not as in her youth she trod ; She is learning to be prayerful And to keep in step with God. Some refuse to bow to kings, Some, to beauty, it is said; But all the world its tribute brings And bows before an old, white head. [8] THE HEART OF A GIRL The Sailor THE leaden sky and the frosty winds And the plumes of the foaming sea, And the storm-lashed ship on the rattling wave, Send a tingling thrill thru an old sea-brave And a great old salt like me. With a dash and a plunge and a forward bound We make for the ocean floor: But the waves heave up to the hanging sky And hush while we shiver there on high, Till we sink with an ominous roar. Oh, water is the world for me! The roll and splash of the open sea. [9] THE HEART OF A GIRL Girlhood PUZZLING emotions, Perceptions at war, Ambitions that fly out And grow as they soar; Severe disappointments, A time of despair, Strange dreams that vanish We cannot tell where; Short moral lapses, Feelings sincere, Quick noble passions That fade with the year ; Fierce thoughts and gentle, Hopes strong and pure, All things unsettled, Nothing quite sure; Days of pure happiness, Others all pain, Struggles recurring Again and again; Much that is hidden, Mysterious, dim, [10] THE HEART OF A GIRL All so unshapen That none may look in ; Flashed revelations Impetuous tears; These, the emotions That tangle thru years Of Girlhood [11] THE HEART OF A GIRL The Gypsy Lass I LOVE a pretty gypsy lass And a witching lass is she; She's impossible to match, But ah ! She 's wary and hard to catch : For she's always bounded free, And she's all the world to me; But ah ! She 's wary and hard to catch And she's all the world to me. I love her merry impish eyes And her straight and shining hair: But she roams thru the world her whole life-long, And this is her never-changing song, "Your lot I will not share Catch me if you dare ! ' ' And this is her never-changing song, "Catch me if you dare!" [12] THE HEART OF A GIRL A May Morning THE humming-bird with a colored flash, Swoops down with a dash, And tips the ferns To the sweetened urns Of the morning-glory. The dragon-fly on his paper wing Hums a tune to spring, And drifts from sight Like a fairy kite To the buttercups. The bumble-bee while it heavily wheels, Lifts fringed heels And takes a dip For a nectared sip In the clover-bloom. [13] THE HEART OF A GIRL A butterfly with a pretty sweep Bests her dainty feet In a garden bed, On the graceful head Of a daffodil. fl4 THE HEART OF A GIRL June LIGHTLY I swing in my rainbow hammock, Deep in a humid cloud I lie : And I sing and swing and I tip and rock In my summer home in the sky. The primrose withers, the wood-leaves droop, Sulky nature is spoiled in the heat: But I dream all day that I poise and stoop, With fluffy clouds at my winged feet. [15] THE HEART OF A GIRL SOME hearts are like the wild rose With petals frail and sweet, That drop off when the wind blows And spoil beneath our feet. [16] THE HEART OF A GIRL A Man s World A WOMAN has no right to love Until her love is sought. So says the world, and for this thing Have many women fought. Well said, cold world! Come, cage her heart In iron to keep it free, That she may love when love's returned And save her modesty. [17] THE HEART OF A GIRL The Blues WEARY, weary, weary! Melancholy song; And it's dreary, dreary, dreary All day long. Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow! Hear the people sigh, For tomorrow, morrow, morrow They will die. Dreary life and dismal death! Shall we keep or free our breath ? [18] THE HEART OP A GIRL PICK a jolly dandelion! Won't he make you smile? If he will, then don't tell me That weeds are not worth while! [19] THE HEART OF A GIRL JUST a little ' ' tra-la-la, : On a dreary day; Just a cheery "Ha-ha-ha!" Often lights the way. [20] THE HEART OF A GIRL My Dog LONESOME on a dreary day Wand 'ring on my weary way, Stumbling thru life's wintry fog, Who could cheer me but my dog? When I did the best I could, And the world misunderstood; Foes reviled me, friends the same, From my dog the comfort came. Then I stroked his curly fur, Sympathizing little cur! He'll stay with me till I die, We're real friends, my dog and I. [21] THE HEART OF A GIRL Longing WHEN the sun sinks down to rest And the breezes die away, Dusky twilight seeks the west Chasing every gleam of day; Then I long for you, dear, Then I long for you. When the dreaming hills are shrouded And the linnet's song is still, And the shadow-elves are crowded Dancing on my window-sill; Then I long for you, dear, Then I long for you. When the moon is old and gray With its silvery mist of light, And the fairies help me pray God to keep you thru the night; Then I long for you, dear, Then I long for you. [22] THE HEART OF A GIRL A Fickle King ON one of those September days When the wind is full of moods, I listened for his changing voice As he whistled thru the woods. Hysterical and loud and rough, He snatched the tingeing leaves, And bore them ruthless to the ground For winter chills to freeze. Then with a fierce and mighty sigh The great wild voice was calm; And mourning o'er the dying leaves Crooned, weird and low, a psalm: And then with awful violence He shrieked as if in pain, And madly swept the fallen leaves Into the hurricane. Furious, he rocked the trees And forced them to bend low, Shouting, li I am king of winds! Bow down when I blow!" [23] THE HEART OF A GIRL Then sorry for the naked tree Robbed of its pretty gown, The shrill voice wavered in the air And wearily died down. Quiet for a breathless moment, Then, his strength all spent, He moaned and wailed a dolorous sound And wept a sad lament. Softly sobbing — sobbing — sobbing, Now he creeps away, And when he comes again he'll be The gayest of the gay. [24] THE HEART OF A GIRL Lake Michigan THE horizon is dipped in the panting waves, White clouds touch the under surface; Waters are rising in swift green caves, And a rainbow is lost in crisping lace; This is joy, Oh Sailor Boy! A jocund sea hits the breezy air And slips to the throat of the deep; A gull flaps down with a saucy dare And tickles a wave with his skimming feet. To the north we go, Old Boreas, blow! [25] THE HEART OF A GIRL Fiat Justitio WEALTH may steal and all is well; Lying lips will never tell; Dollars easy get more dollars In the hands of Old Graft's scholars. If a man to save the life Of a starving child or wife, Takes one crumb of all the loaves Baking in the rich man's stoves, Then the world in horror cries, 1 ' Shut him up ! " and thinks she 's wise. If we only had the mercy Not to take all things by hearsay, "We might see the piteous labor Of some less successful neighbor, And reproach the dirty wretches For the gap their grasping stretches. [26] THE HEART OF A GIRL A Safe Weather Prophecy WHEN you go to church to pray for rain, Be the sun ever so yellow, Be the sky ever so cloudless and blue, You'd better take an umbrella. [27] THE HEART OF A GIRL An Etching THE windows of the colored west Wide open when the day is done, Show richly tinted coverlets That make a soft bed for the sun. [28] THE HEART OF A GIRL Unspoken Thoughts THE world is ever ready to condemn, to scorn, To ridicule, to point a cynic's finger At its men and almost justly, too, The track of thought reveals so little new. But in my deepest being lives a faith In the unspoken thought of every man Wherein still lies the kernel of the best Though this thought daily dies unguessed. [29] THE HEART OF A GIRL Hymn UNDER thy shadow let me abide; For all my needs, Lord, thou can'st provide. Let me not wander far from thy side, Jesus, oh my Saviour! Fill thou me with thy love every day; "Watch o'er my lips in all that I say: Keep my heart pure forever I pray, Jesus, oh my Saviour! Earnestly, Lord, I hunger for thee; Make me just what you want me to be : Keep me from sin and dwell thou in me, Jesus, oh my Saviour! [30] THE HEART OF A GIRL A Prayer OH Father, fill me with thy joy, And keep my heart in peace ; May nothing of the world annoy; Bid restless longings cease. Let thy rich Word abide in me And teach me how to pray; I ask thee, Lord, my strength to be, My guide o'er all the way. Give me a love that will forget The world owes ought to me, That I may tell the wondrous debt Man ever owes to thee. Thou bidst me cast on thee my care And look for rest above : Forgive me, Jesus, that I dare To doubt thy patient love. [31] THE HEART OF A GIRL Oh Christ, I see thy matchless worth And my poor self I bring, For thee to send where e'er on earth I can thy praises sing. [32] THE HEART OF A GIRL The Ascension INTO a softly glowing cloud Our Saviour ascended out of their sight : The Galileans with sad hearts bowed Gazed wondering, sorrowing, strangely awed At the lingering light. In the silence a heavenly voice was heard : "Why gaze ye into the heavens still? Remember ye not His own glad word? How your heavy hearts were comforted, stirred, As He told His will? Jesus, the very same shall come As your eyes have beheld Him return to God. He broke the bands of death and the tomb And is gone as He said to prepare you a home. Go back where He trod. Go back to the world He loved so well ; Tell of the marvelous virgin birth. [33] THE HEART OF A GIRL Preach to the unbelieving of hell, Of the Saviour's atoning death go tell Thru all the earth. Why stand ye gazing into the sky? Rejoice! Ye sorrowing ones, rejoice! Arisen, your Lord can never die : Watch ! lest his coming again be nigh ! ' ' Spoke the gentle voice. So those men preached how He went away, And the Comforter came to give them power. Hark! Ye sleeping sons of today! How do you preach and how do you pray ? Waiting — hour by hour? Ah ! The time may be long as men count time But the Lord is not slack concerning His word. Hearts yet bound at those words sublime That the angel spoke and in every clime Have been heard. [34] THE HEART OP A GIRL September ROUGH winter is too rashly bold And blows too wild a breath ; The teasing sparkle of its cold Smiles heartlessly on death. New spring is frivolous and gay, Untaught and tentative When lawless youth throws care away And only lives to live. The lavish summer's perfumed heat Intemperately shed, Betokens fruit too ripely sweet And words too hotly said. But all the years that God has blessed Our thankful hearts remember, In mellow autumn's holy rest; Harmonious September. [35] THE HEART OF A GIRL The Waves THE white-flecked waves with mystic lore, Whispered as they touched the shore. I could hear them murmuring faintly, As they rocked and prated quaintly Fairy secrets o'er and o'er. Like grandmas at a morning tea, Each wave gossiped socially; Gayly nodding their white caps, Slipping into frequent naps As happy as could be. [36] THE HEART OF A GIRL De Prdfundis I GAZED unseen on your face; So noble, serene and pure, With the dreams of your untried youth. I gloried in the strength of your manly grace, And your eyes — ah! one glance at those eyes Made my blood leap wild: Glowing with brown light straight from your soul, Luminous fires of whimsical charm, Or darkened to hide the sensitive thought Within. Once by chance in a merry crowd Your hand touched mine, And a flame shot back to my heart, Catching the drift-wood of my soul, Leaving nought but the soul of my soul, And burning there this picture of you Forever. [37] THE HEART OF A GIRL Oh ! Were you now what you might have been, Noble, serene and pure "With the healthy honest scars Of battle with the ills and pains of earth, The fire that has burned with steady purpose all these years To keep my heart a fit place for my love, Need never brand another picture By the first. I wonder had you known a little Of the depth of my belief in you, Oh half the power I could have thrown with yours To keep you strong as you were true, If you would still have passed me day by day And never guessed, That God made me your natural Complement. [38] THE HEART OF A GIRL On a Brook I HEAR its merry tinkle thru the wood, As frolicking and fanciful it strays; And vacillating turns so many ways To follow out each fitful, changing mood. It wanders thru a labyrinth of trees, And gurgles fairy secrets to the earth; The wood resounding with its elfish mirth Re-echos till it never seems to cease. Oh aimless, happy little gadding brook! Thou servest well to teach mankind an art, Though obstacles too easy make thee bend. Thy mystic babbling well could make a book To fill with joyous tales our heavy hearts, And cheer us with their lightness to the end. [39] THE HEART OF A GIRL Worship MASTER, look into my heart! Behold the wonder there. Thou rulest me in every part I see thee everywhere. Each tiny joy thrills up to thee, Its sympathizing Friend; And every sorrow trustingly .11 U. CVC1J OU11UVV HUi3lliJ Awaits a glorious end. Oh Jesus, know that I love thee, I cannot tell thee how : But all thou art, dear Lord, in me I give in worship now. [40] THE HEART OF A GIRL The Little I. W. W. ONCE there was a little boy And he screamed to his mother, "I won't!" And his loving mama coaxed her child With a "Don't, now, deary, don't!" In after years that dear little boy Said to his country, "I won't!" And his country gave him a dark little cell Instead of a "Don't, now, don't." [41] THE HEART OP A GIRL To My Husband THERE'S a song in my heart I could sing all the day, Forever and ever and ever and aye; And the skies may be dark or the skies may be blue : I love you — love you! And the skies may be blue or the skies may be dark, I love you, my husband, dear heart of my heart. Some day my glad heart will hush its wild song, To a soft lullaby and I'll sing all day long: And though we be poor or though we be rich, I'll love you — love you! And though we be rich or though we be poor, I'll love you, my husband, as never before. And when we are gray and our children are gone My voice may be cracked but I'll still have my song. [42] THE HEART OF A GIRL When warm blood grows cold and our bright eyes are dim I'll love you — love you! When bright eyes are dim and our warm blood grows cold I'll love you more, Sweetheart, because you are old. [43] THE HEART OF A GIRL Weary of Light MOON, thou chilly shivering guard Of night, withdraw, and lead with thee The sleepy, blinking stars: Disclose no more the brusque shades Of the sullen, secret midnight; The direful, solemn shapes of blackest hell That huddle in the gloom and fright my soul. The sun's broad stare lays flat the mystery, And shoots with glazing impudence its horrid streams Upon the awful and the delicate alike. Away ! all light, and soothe me in velvet oblivion. [44] THE HEART OF A GIRL Indian Lullaby {Four Part Song) DEEP night ! Sleep, nighl ! Close your thousand eyes bright. Rest soon, soft moon To this mellow Indian tune. Birds call! Leaves fall, Rustling from the trees tall; Hush! Pines, long pines Troubled by the sighing winds. Fly deer! Shy deer, Swiftly run without fear. Bend, bow! Arrow, Only harm the Indian's foe. Still brook ! Green brook ! Whisp'ring in a shady nook. Sweet bed, pine bed, Fresh and cool for Wana's head. Deep night! Sleep, night! Close your thousand eyes bright. [45] THE HEART OF A GIRL Love Song I FLED from the world with a sudden cry From the surging pain of a pent up grief, And my sobbing heart did not ask me why When at last I wept in despair for relief : Wept for relief. A year, Beloved, a year from today I steeled my heart to say good-bye, And fiercely I've lived the time away, And fiercely stifled every sigh : Fiercely — every sigh. I am quivering now with agony, And the long year past is a fearful dream. Darling! My lover! Come back to me! But my shivering heart sees no answering gleam : No answering gleam. [46] THE HEART OF A GIRL Baby BABY sees the blowing leaves And smiles up at the pretty trees Baby gives a funny sneeze — And learns to laugh. One pink foot shoves on the floor; Baby moves an inch or more : Now he reaches for the door And he can creep ! "Ma-ma-ma-ma" is the song Baby sings when something's wrong. Mama always comes along, He knows a word! Baby pulls up on a stair; Then he stands by mother 's chair ; Then he takes his father's dare And walks alone. [47] THE HEART OF A GIRL How our heart-strings ring with joy As we see our baby boy Learning by each painted toy, Some new thing. To Him in grateful love we look Who often little children took Commanding us in His dear Book To be like them. [48] THE HEART OF A GIRL Blind Muriel THE poets sing of pale blue skies And whistling wind : I hear the rustling breeze that flies Like talking air, and gently sighs Because I'm blind, But what is color that they find The rumbling clouds are yellow-lined? The waving grasses speak to me And make me strong With understanding sympathy: They seem to know I cannot see And whisper long That nothing in the world is wrong Since I can hear the faintest song. If I could see, I've often heard That it would mean A duller ear for calls of bird, That trill out while the light wings purr [49] THE HEART OF A GIRL Above the green, Which feels so soft and cool now in my dream And harmonizes with things as they seem. A sound makes pictures that to me are real : I love to know things as I hear and feel. [50] THE HEART OF A GIRL Babe in the Woods SPORT with the shadows And catch the dead leaves Eat nuts with the squirrels And climb the tall trees: Hie off with the sunshine To find the spring flowers, But fly home to motherland From the cold showers. List to the sermons Of Jack-in-the-pulpit ; Hush, till you find Where the oriole's babe lit: Ho! Little runaway From mother's arms; Come slip to your own nest When the wood storms. [51] THE HEART OF A GIRL Death and Life MY thoughts amorphous, straggle thru my brain, Until they find a chamber locked as death, Where oft before they have in timid fear Refused to try the bright, cold key to pain. With fretted haste, they scatter in a maze; But marshalled by a strange, resisting force. Today they circle close about the door — And open to the chill of murdered days. The air smells stalely sweet of flowers crushed And broken from their green and tender stems. Diaphanous, a pall of dull blue light Half screens a coffin, coldly hushed. Strewn under and around it, lovely forms Show ghastly faces, horrid with decay. My thoughts gaze wildly at the stiffened days And winged memories clinging dead in swarms. [52] THE HEART OF A GIRL With stifled cries they blindly seek the light Of day, and struggle out in crowds in haste, To lock the door forever; but one thought Like evening sunshine, lingered in the night. Unmindful of the aspect so like death Of flowers, memories, days and coffined trust, Forgiveness touched them all and gently smiled To see them start to life with fresh, warm breath. The air, transformed and mellow, softly moves Abundant with the wholesome stir of spring; The fruit of death is rich, eternal life When touched by love, forgiveness ever proves. [53] THE HEART OF A GIRL Isaiah 55 INCLINE thine ear and come unto me Hear, and thy soul shall live : Open thine eyes, that thou mayest see The blessings I have to give. Oh wicked one, forsake thy way; Unrighteous man, thy thought : Return to the Lord while 'tis called today; Thy sins I'll count for naught. The rocks may move and hills depart, But ne 'er my love from thee : Fear not, but give to me thy heart And I thy God will be. [54] THE HEART OF A GIRL My Dream I SEE thee oft, bright angel, And love thee each time more. Today thy face shines with a light I never saw before. With awe and holy rapture, I hush my lingering breath; And rest deep in thy close embrace, Sweet messenger of death. [55] THE HEART OF A GIRL Absence THE moon shines down with a big, soft glow of light, As I sit on onr old back stairs : And the whip-poor-will's call is the only sound of the night While I breathe from, my soul these prayers. "Oh God, take the loneliness here in my aching breast And the longing for him I love, And his longing for me, and teach us that true soul-rest That is only born from above. Distill from our common suffering, his and mine, A fragrance as sweet as the flowers, That we may not think of the pain of our part- ing, and pine For the wild, selfish joy of past hours.' ' [56] THE HEART OP A GIRL The moon still glows o'er the silent earth and I hear The faint, crazed call of the whip-poor-will: But somehow, darling, I feel in my heart you are near With the ocean between us still. [57] THE HEART OF A GIRL A Child A CHILD ! They say I am a child When thoughts pass thru my brain as wild And reckless as the sea, That rush like strong waves over me. Well, let them say it ! I will smile, And my heart bursting all the while, Shall seem to them a quiet place Where nought abides but love and grace. A restless spirit like a twittering bird Within me has a big ambition stirred, To rouse the world with something great And do it now, lest it should be too late. [58] THE HEART OF A GIRL Time WHAT shall I do with the hours that fly Like slow-moving clouds thru the infinite sky Of the infinite universe ? So many more Follow this and untarrying vanish before I have wakened to greet them. I wish I could see Them before they slip by so bewilderingly. I think of the hours I have lived thru in vain, And the days they have made, till a vague, rest- less pain Fills my heart. In my life all the good I have done, If condensed into years would scarcely make one. The minutes, the hours, the days and the weeks Of my gay, heedless youth I have wasted. Time seeks Not to force its fulfillment but sternly rides on, Still some of it going and some of it gone. [59] THE HEART OF A GIRL It waits not one moment and heeds not one tear Of the many that flow o'er the grave of a year. But I'll spend no more of it in useless lament, For I cannot redeem any moment misspent. Still march on, O thou mystery, eternal Time! By thy seconds and minutes and hours I'll climb. [60] THE HEART OF A GIRL Ghosts I SHIVER at the moon at night As scared as scared can be, Cause the shadows of its spooky light Look just like bears against the white A chasin' after me. I niver was a scared o'day When things are company. The sunshine shadows chase away Like little girls and boys at play That you can plainly see. But even day has awful sights 'Cause I looked way up high, And saw that thing I see o' nights, Paler 'n any kind o' lights, The moon's ghost in the sky! [61] THE HEART OP A GIRL Nursery Song THE ginger-bread man! The ginger-bread man! Sprinkle inside him a little grape jam, And bake him in the cookie pan: And everyone likes the ginger-bread man. It matters not if he has one eye, Or if he puffs out and then sighs a sad sigh, The children one and all will cry, 1 ' He 's the ginger-bread man ! The ginger-bread man!" [62] THE HEART OF A GIRL Sweet Memories WILDROSE, gentian, golden-rod, Reminders true: How tenderly they always nod And speak of you! ' ' Her cheeks were like my petals fair, ' ' The wildrose nods: "And I am like her yellow hair," — The golden-rods. The gentian smiles up at the skies To let me know, She's but the shadow of your eyes Down here below. [63] THE HEART OF A GIRL Sunshine and Shadows WHEN the sun went lilting Over the summer sea, Then the rays flew whispering, "Well come back to thee." Mingling with the shadows Farther off they strayed, Leaving me in darkness, Doubting and sore dismayed. Back the sun came lilting Over the summer sea. Then the rays flew whispering, "We've come back to thee." Others were in the shadow, I was in the light. To appreciate sunshine We have to have the night. [64] THE HEART OP A GIRL Fate I BREATHED my soul across the sea And whispered, "Love, come back to me ! But oh, what ceaseless agony! The waves rose stern and tall, To dash my soul's cry back to me And that is all. [65] THE HEART OF A GIRL Rest THE purple clouds met the quiet sea And rolled o'er the silent deep. A single star trembled over me As the great ship labored steadily, And I felt at last my soul fly free And my drooping eyelids close in sleep "While the purple clouds met the quiet sea And rolled o'er the silent deep. [66] THE HEART OF A GIRL Florida THERE'S a lilting breeze That is great and rare, Where the spiked palm leaves On the tall, gaunt trees Cut the luring air. How the sun does shine On the brilliant sand So white and fine, Thru the slippery pine Of the dear South-land! There's the sweetest drawl In the mellow tone That runs "yo' all" In a lazy sprawl Like a honey-bee drone. On the summer sea, In the air above There is poetry, And the birds agree In a song of love. [67] THE HEART OF A GIRL Forgetting MY heart's been sad for long, so long, And all the world's been going wrong, Till I'd forgot the sound of song: Why does it seem That all the bitterness is gone? Is this a dream? Oh, wake me not ! Let me sleep on By Lethe's stream. [68]