(For a little girl) Now I'll put on your nice little evening coat, And button it all the way down-- We'll take a nice ride in mother's own cart, And ride into Sleepy Town. We'll make a short call at Nappy's store, And buy a nice dream or two, And then we'll drive home in the starry night, Through the hush of the flow'rs and dew. My baby! Then we'll untie the dream from Nappy's store And roll up the string of gold, And undo the paper of lovely blue And see what dear Nappy sold. Oh, my! what a beautiful, beautiful dream! All little girls dressed in pink. With dear little ponies and silver carts. Now we're ready to ride, I think. My baby! My baby! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ASOLANDO: EPILOGUE by ROBERT BROWNING JACOBITE'S TOAST (TO AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY) by JOHN BYROM MADAGASCAR: AUBADE by WILLIAM DAVENANT IN THE WILDERNESS by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES SORROW by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE THE GOOD SHEPHERD by FELIX LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO THE KING'S DAUGHTER by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE SIR JOHN FRANKLIN; ON THE CENTOTAPH IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALFRED TENNYSON |