Child Songs of Cheer

<h2><SPAN name="BASKING" id="BASKING"></SPAN>BASKING</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Frosty winter chased away<br/></span> <span class="i2">By the blessed sun,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Down upon the garden walks<br/></span> <span class="i2">Basking has begun.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Oh, the happy, happy heat!<br/></span> <span class="i2">How the pulses stir,<br/></span> <span class="i0">How it warms the hearts beneath<br/></span> <span class="i2">Little coats of fur!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Oh, the happy pussy-cats!<br/></span> <span class="i2">Days to doze and doze,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And what pleasant dreams they dream<br/></span> <span class="i2">Only pussy knows.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[103]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />