Child Songs of Cheer

<h2><SPAN name="NOVEMBER_MORNING" id="NOVEMBER_MORNING"></SPAN>NOVEMBER MORNING</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A tingling, misty marvel<br/></span> <span class="i2">Blew hither in the night,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And now the little peach-trees<br/></span> <span class="i2">Are clasped in frozen light.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Upon the apple-branches<br/></span> <span class="i2">An icy film is caught,<br/></span> <span class="i0">With trailing threads of gossamer<br/></span> <span class="i2">In pearly patterns wrought.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The autumn sun, in wonder,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Is gayly peering through<br/></span> <span class="i0">This silver-tissued network<br/></span> <span class="i2">Across the frosty blue.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The weather-vane is fire-tipped,<br/></span> <span class="i2">The honeysuckle shows<br/></span> <span class="i0">A dazzling icy splendor,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And crystal is the rose.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</SPAN></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Around the eaves are fringes<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of icicles that seem<br/></span> <span class="i0">To mock the summer rainbows<br/></span> <span class="i2">With many-colored gleam.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Along the walk, the pebbles<br/></span> <span class="i2">Are each a precious stone;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The grass is tasseled hoarfrost,<br/></span> <span class="i2">The clover jewel-sown.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Such sparkle, sparkle, sparkle<br/></span> <span class="i2">Fills all the frosty air,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Oh, can it be that darkness<br/></span> <span class="i2">Is ever anywhere!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />