Fay Inchfawn Door Poems

• 1. To Mother
  I would that you should know,
  Dear mother, that I love you -- love you so!
  That I remember other days and years;
  Remember childish joys and childish fears.
  ...
• 2. The Little House
  One yestereve, in the waning light,
  When the wind was still and the gloaming bright,
  There came a breath from a far countrie,
  And the ghost of a Little House called to me.
  ...
• 3. The Home Lights
  "In my father's house!" The words
  Bring sweet cadence to my ears.
  Wandering thoughts, like homing birds,
  Fly all swiftly down the years,
  ...
• 4. Listening
  His step? Ah, no; 'tis but the rain
  That hurtles on the window pane.
  Let's draw the curtains close and sit
  Beside the fire awhile and knit.
  ...
• 5. On Washing Day
  "I'm going to gran'ma's for a bit
  My mother's got the copper lit;
  An' piles of clothes are on the floor,
  An' steam comes out the wash-house door;
  ...
• 6. The Daily Interview
  Such a sensation Sunday's preacher made.
  "Christian!" he cried, "what is your stock- in-trade?
  Alas! Too often nil. No time to pray;
  No interview with Christ from day to day,
  ...
• 7. If Only ----
  If only dinner cooked itself,
  And groceries grew upon the shelf;
  If children did as they were told,
  And never had a cough or cold;
  ...
• 8. The Housewife
  See, I am cumbered, Lord,
  With serving, and with small vexatious things.
  Upstairs, and down, my feet
  Must hasten, sure and fleet.
  ...

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