Winter Begins!

Illustration:  Lady Winter.  A Year With the Fairies.  Written by Anna M. Scott.  Illustrations by M. T. (Penny) Ross.  P. F. Volland & Co.: Chicago, U.S.A. 1914.

Lady Winter

Lady Winter clothed in ermine

On the North Wind gallops in,

Over crystal bridges bright,

Over carpets snowy white.

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See the North Wind snorting, prancing,

Scare the leaves that, romping, dancing,

Cease their merriment and play

And hurrying, scurrying, run away.

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A Year With the Fairies.

Written by Anna M. Scott.

Illustrations by M. T. (Penny) Ross.

P. F. Volland & Co.: Chicago, U.S.A. 1914.

Jack Frost’s Artwork!

Illustration:  Jack Frost.  A Year With the Fairies.  Written by Anna M. Scott.  Illustrations by M. T. (Penny) Ross.  P. F. Volland & Co.: Chicago, U.S.A. 1914.

Jack Frost

 Elfin pictures on the pane

Mean Jack Frost has come again;

Lace and ferns and vines and flowers,

Snow-capped peaks and fairy bowers.

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Castles gleaming opalescent,

Rivers flowing iridescent;

Jewels set in filigree,

All in crystal fantasy.

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A Year With the Fairies.

Written by Anna M. Scott.

Illustrations by M. T. (Penny) Ross.

P. F. Volland & Co.: Chicago, U.S.A. 1914.

Traveling Toward Summer!

Illustration:  Paul, Bimbo and Totzo.  In The Miz.  Written by Grace E. Ward.  Illustrations by Clara E. Atwood.  Little, Brown, & Co.: Boston. 1904.

On they went, Paul and Bimbo and Totzo and the Snow-man, till soon they had left winter behind them and the leaves were thick on the trees and the fields were full of blossoming flowers.

In The Miz.

Written by Grace E. Ward.

Illustrations by Clara E. Atwood.

Little, Brown, & Co.: Boston. 1904.

Ah, Winsome Little April!

Illustration:  April.  Mother’s Yellow Fairy Tale Book.  Arranged by Laura Dent Crane.  Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia. 1905.

APRIL

Ah, winsome little April!

Who can resist your wiles?

Your darling face now wet with tears,

Now wreathed with sunny smiles.

 

Above the dull clouds round you

Old Sol looks down in glee,

While yet the pelting rain doth pour

Upon you steadily.

 

Have patience, little April,

He knows what he’s about;

The raindrops soon will disappear

And he’ll come shining out.

 

And you and he together

Will work to clear the way,

On which are brought spring’s blossoms

By your sweet sister May.

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Mother’s Yellow Fairy Tale Book.

Arranged by Laura Dent Crane.

Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia. 1905.

Hey, every Gnome, Spirit and Fay its Ground-Hog Day!

Illustration by M. T. Ross from A Year With the Fairies.  Ground-Hog Day.

“Ground-Hog Day.”

Now, listen to my proclamation,

Each Gnome, and Spirit, and Fay,

And mind no weather-man but me,

For this is Ground-Hog Day.

When Lady Spring my shadow sees

In fright she runs away,

But since my shadow I have hid,

Miss Spring will come to stay.

A Year With the Fairies.

By Anna M. Scott.

Illustrations by M. T. (Penny) Ross.

Published by P. F. Volland & Co.:  Chicago, U.S.A.  1914.