Uploaded on May 18, 2012
I’m glad our house is a little house,
Not too tall nor too wide;
I’m glad the hovering butterflies
Feel free to come inside.
Our little house is a friendly house,
It is not shy or vain;
It gossips with the talking trees,
And makes friends with the rain.
And quick leaves cast a shimmer of green
Against our whited walls,
And in the phlox the courteous bees
Are paying duty calls.
—Christopher Morley
Favorite Poems Old and New
edited by Helen Ferris
05.18.2024: Jack and Stella are still close friends.