CALLING THEM UP
"Shall I go and call them up,–
Snowdrop, daisy, buttercup?"
Lisped the rain. "They've had a pleasant winter's nap."
Lightly to their doors it crept,
Listened, while they soundly slept;
Gently woke them with its rap-a-tap-a-tap!
Quickly woke them with its rap-a-tap-a-tap!
Soon their windows opened wide,–
Everything astir inside;
Shining heads came peeping out, in frill and cap;
"It was kind of you, dear rain,"
Laughed they all, "to come again.
We were waiting for your rap-a-tap-a-tap!
Only waiting for your rap-a-tap-a-tap!"