Down,
Past the greenhouse,
Past the guelder-rose bush,
Past the foxgloves.
Ninety-nine, Stellas battledore springs to the
impact.
Plunk! Like the snap of a taut string.
Oh! Minna!
The shuttlecock drops zigzagedly,
Out of orbit,
Hits the path,
And rolls over quite still.
Dead white feathers,
With a weight at the end.
III
Garden Games
The tall clock is striking twelve;
And the little girls stop in the hall to watch it,
And the big ships rocking in a half-circle
Above the dial.
Twelve oclock!
Down the side steps
Go the little girls,
Under their big round straw hats.
Minnas has a pink ribbon,
Stellas a blue,
That is the way they know which is which.
Twelve oclock!
An hour yet before dinner.
Mother is busy in the still-room,
And Hannah is making gingerbread.
Slowly, with lagging steps,
They follow the garden-path,
Crushing a leaf of box for its acrid smell,
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