| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | A Child’s Grace | | By Rosalind Mason |
| | From “Poems of Happiness”
DOWN in time for breakfast! | |
| And a clean green dress, | |
| And my hair | |
| Curled in six— | |
| Three on one side | 5 |
| And three on the other; | |
| And I | |
| Very well washed | |
| All over. | |
| Opposite me is the Baby | 10 |
| With his bib— | |
| Pink | |
| With white elephants on it. | |
| And there is mother | |
| And father; | 15 |
| And we bend our heads | |
| Over our blue plates with oranges. | |
| Our grace is silent— | |
| You can talk that way, you know, | |
| To God, | 20 |
| Though sometimes you have to scream | |
| At Baby— | |
| To make him pay attention | |
| If he is playing, and you want him to come. | |
| After grace is over | 25 |
| I feel quite new | |
| And very clean. | | | | |
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