Child Songs of Cheer

<h2><SPAN name="THE_WREN-HOUSE" id="THE_WREN-HOUSE"></SPAN>THE WREN-HOUSE</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Yesterday I took my saw<br/></span> <span class="i2">And some bits of wood,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And I made a little house<br/></span> <span class="i2">Nicely as I could.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I put on a mossy-green<br/></span> <span class="i2">Little pointed roof,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And I cut a tiny door<br/></span> <span class="i2">That is pussy-proof.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">For I hope some little wrens<br/></span> <span class="i2">To our yard will come<br/></span> <span class="i0">And will choose my little house<br/></span> <span class="i2">For their little home.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I shall hang it in the boughs<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of the apple-tree,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And I'm sure as rent for it<br/></span> <span class="i2">They will sing to me!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />