Louisa May Alcott

""When it comes night,     We put out the light.     Some blow with a puff,     Some turn down and snuff;     But neat folks prefer     A nice"

"I am the monarch of the Sea,         The ruler of the Queen's Navee,--         When at anchor here I ride,         My bosom swells with pri"

""'Y' are the maiden posies,         And so graced,         To be placed         Fore damask roses.         Yet, though thus respected,"

"In high Olympus' sacred shade          A gift Minerva wrought         For her beloved philosopher          Immersed in deepest thought."

""Work, neighbor, work!         Do not stop to play;         Wander far and wide,         Gather all you may.         We are never like"

""Now hark, little May,         If you want to do right,         Under your pillow         Just look every night.         If you have been"

"The moon had climbed the eastern hill         Which rises o'er the sands of Dee,         And from its highest summit shed         A silver"

"Queen of my tub, I merrily sing,         While the white foam rises high,         And sturdily wash and rinse and wring,         And fasten th"

""Hello! hello!         Come down below,--         It's lovely and cool         Out here in the pool;         On a lily-pad float"

""Don't drive me away,         But hear what I say:         Bad men want the gold;         They will steal it to-night,         And you mus"

""Oh, Timballoo! how happy we are,         We live in a sieve and a crockery jar!         And all night long, in the starlight pale,"

""Summer days are over,         Summer work is done;         Harvests have been gathered         Gayly one by one.         Now the feast is"

"Sweet, sweet days are passing         O'er my happy home.         Passing on swift wings through the valley of life.         Cold are the d"

"God bless you, dear Queen Bess!         May nothing you dismay,         But health and peace and happiness         Be yours, this Christmas"

""We are sending you, dear flowers,     Forth alone to die,     Where your gentle sisters may not weep     O'er the cold graves where you lie;"

""He prayeth best who loveth best         All things, both great and small;         For the dear God who loveth us,         He made and love"

"A little kingdom I possess,         Where thoughts and feelings dwell;         And very hard I find the task         Of governing it well."

"'"And if your Nancy frowns, my lad,         And scorns a jacket blue,         Just hoist your sails for other ports,         And find a mai"

"They saw again the crocus bloom,     And, leaning from that lofty room,     Sir Launcelot with face of gloom     Look down to Camelot.     Up"

""Here's a nut, there's a nut;         Hide it quick away,         In a hole, under leaves,         To eat some winter day.         Acorns"

""Not a sparrow falleth but its God doth know,     Just as when his mandate lays a monarch low;     Not a leaflet moveth, but its God doth see,"