WEE WILLIE WINKIE,

 

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Wee Willie Winkie sat up in bed,
Stubbornly shaking his curly head,
{hen his mother had shut the door:
s the Prince asleep? I would like to see;
"Is the robin asleep in the cherry-tree,
And every little flower?” & &

“The flowerS-are awake and play with the bees,
The robins, they sing in the cherry-trees,
And the Prince a gladdest of all;
For he’s merry and wide awake, of course,
He is prancing about on his rocking-horse,
Or see he is playing at ball.”

Wee Willie Winkie sat up in bed,
Stubbornly shaking his curly head —
The moon shone bright as day ;
“Tl run through the town myself,” said he, &

“And see if they all asleep can be — Le
I think they are all at play!” Bn,

Wee Willie Winkie—no shoes on his feet,

No hat on his head — ran down the street,
And he called at every lock :

“ Are your babies asleep in their cradles now?

Do your lilies asleep in the night-wind blow?

‘of ’tis now ten o’clock !” /