Verse and Reverse (1921)/A Child's Dream

Throughout the nights of hot July
Upon the balcony I lie,
And there the starry sky is spread
A canopy above my bed.
The sky is dark—a bluey gray—
The stars are bright as bits of day,
They look like daisies on the green
With smaller blossoms in between,
And where I see a big bouquet
I know that is the Milky Way.

One night I dreamt I upward flew
Straight as a skylark through the blue;
Far down the "Milky Way" I slipped
And Nectar from the "dipper" sipped,
I pulled a comet's tail, and there
I saw the Great and Little Bear!
I could not fly, I shook and quaked;
'Twas very lucky I awaked
And found the sun was overhead,
While all the little stars had fled.