Child's Garden of Verses (Version 3)

<h2><SPAN name="IN_PORT" id="IN_PORT"></SPAN>IN PORT</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">Last, to the chamber where I lie<br/></span> <span class="i12">My fearful footsteps patter nigh,<br/></span> <span class="i12">And come from out the cold and gloom<br/></span> <span class="i12">Into my warm and cheerful room.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">There, safe arrived, we turn about<br/></span> <span class="i12">To keep the coming shadows out,<br/></span> <span class="i12">And close the happy door at last<br/></span> <span class="i12">On all the perils that we passed.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i12">Then, when mamma goes by to bed,<br/></span> <span class="i12">She shall come in with tip-toe tread,<br/></span> <span class="i12">And see me lying warm and fast<br/></span> <span class="i12">And in the Land of Nod at last.<br/></span></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_082.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="442" alt="Illustration" /></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_071.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="229" alt="Illustration" /></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />