Baby Showers

What do you see, sweet baby dear,

     With your great eyes of blue?

I wonder if you see the things

     That other people do.

So large, so round and clear are they

     I wonder all the day

Just what you see, and if you can

     See very far away.

O my, I think you see quite well,

     Much better than can I;

A change has come upon the earth,

     And dark has grown the sky.

It rains somewhere beyond the hill,

     I fear it’s coming near;

And if your eyes keep filling up

     The rain will be right here.

July 24, 1904