For a drop of rain,
I would fill at the brook my shining cap,
And lay it all dripping in her lap.

Oh, what would I do as a fairy small?
I cannot tell all;
But I would do much with a right good will:
To all things good, and to nothing ill.
And I'd laugh and skip, like a bird on wing,
Twitter and sing,
And make boys and girls, and birds and flowers,
All say, "What a lovely world is ours!"

Well, what if I am not quite so small?
I can do it all
In my own sweet home by the same good will,
No fairy, but something nobler still.

GEORGE S. BURLEIGH.

[Illustration: If I Were a Fairy.]




A CHILD FASCINATING BIRDS.

[Illustration: A Child Fascinating Birds.]