Lilliput Levee (Rands collection)

by William Brighty Rands

For works with similar titles, see Lilliput Levee.

ILLUSTRATED BY J. E. MILLAIS, C. GREEN,
G. J. PINWELL AND B. BRADLEY

LILLIPUT LEVEE:

Poems of

CHILDHOOD, CHILD-FANCY, AND CHILD-LIKE MOODS;

WITH THE ADDITION OF SEVERAL NEW POEMS,
WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THIS EDITION.

NEW YORK:
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS,
416 Broome Street.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
LONDON:
Alexander Strahan & Co., and George Routledge & Sons.
1868.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869,
By JOSEPH L. BLAMIRE,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York.

CONTENTS.

Page

Lilliput Levee ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1

Public Notice ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

9

Stalky Jack ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

11

The Boy That Loves a Baby ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

13

The Storm Cradle ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

15

Little Christel ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

19

Harold and Alice; or, the Reformed Giant ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

26

The Christ-Crown ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

35

Eggs and Birds ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

40

The Bewitched Toys; Or, Queen Mab in Child-world ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

41

The Fly in the Pane ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

50

Cuckoo in the Pear-tree ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

51

Penitent Alfred ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

63

The Parable of Peter and the Cherries ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

66

Jack Abroad, and Jill at Home ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

59

Cuckoo's Palace ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

60

The Little Brother ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

61

Juan De Pabeja, the Faithful Colour-grinder of Velasquez ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

63

Thb Cricket in the Crevice ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

67

The Discontented Yew-tree ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

70

Puzzles ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

73

The Penance of the Little Maid ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

75

Prince Philibert ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

77

The Rising, Watching Moon ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

80

The Ship That Sailed Into the Sun ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

81

The White Falcon ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

82

Topsyturvey-world ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

83

The Race of the Flowers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

85

Polly ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

87

The Windmill ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

90

The Girl That Garibaldi Kissed ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

92

Petronella: The Stone Strawberry Girl ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

96

The Bee and the Rose ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

99

Fair Lady, Rare Lady ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

100

Frodgedobbulum's Fancy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

101

The Cruise of the Caliban ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

112

The Dog and the Patch of Moonshine ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

131

Autumn Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

136

Gipsy Jane ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

137

A Shooting Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

138

A Fishing Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

140

Shock-headed Cicely and the Two Bears ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

142

December and June ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

149

The Secret of the Sunflower ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

160

The Wonderful Toy of the Whispering Boy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

151

The Coming Storm ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

159

My Beautiful Huntress ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

160

Love in the Dust ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

161

The Dream of a Boy Who Lived at Nine-Elms ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

162

The Dream of a Girl Who Lived at Seven-Oaks ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

163

The Pedlar's Caravan ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

164

The First Tooth ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

166

The Soldier-angel ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

168

Doll Poems ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

173

Blackberry Hunting ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

180

The Wind and His Enemy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

183

Clean Clara ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

186

The First of June ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

189

Madcap ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

190

Trumpeter Redbreast ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

193

Lingerina Latimer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

195

At Harvest Time ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

197

Baby ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

199

The Organ ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

204

Gold-boy and Green-girl ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

206

When My Ships Come Home ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

208

Rewards of Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

210

Epilogue ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

212

L'envoi ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

214