.0^ .^^' »'j. n ,. o " ' * "v^ ^o, X. o> •^' to A o o ..N^ ^ ,> ^ V o V .^^ ■O » 'o » » • A. V "-it. • ' ^ A'^ vV .Cn. ♦I o '• ^^^ ^_ V, ^^^>^ ^ \^ », vVv^^ •^^ ° " " ^ >^^" ^O '\ «5°<. .^ > \.-^' :'^A 0^ c " " " ' O 0-7- - ' 4 o > ^ ■ iO -7- JACK AND IILL A LOVE vSTORY By W. E. brown Illusbi-abcd hv Elizabeth Curbi puBijsiiEu FOR THE bk,nf;fit of THE SILVER STREET KINDERGARTEN SOCIETY OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAMFORNIA WILLIAM DOXEY San Francisco Copyright iSgi By W. K. Brown. -f b \ \ sn -t-^ 9>n^ 1' CORTEKI CONTEXTS. Pl'CK TO Lvsaxdp:r — Shakespeare . -13 Jack and Jill — Epigram, Herrick's Hes- perides . . . . . -15 Dedication to Kate Douglas WiCxGix . 17 Prefatory — Significance of Popnlar Bal- lads ....... 19 Introduction — Incidents in the Life of Elizabeth Fleet (^Mother Goose) . 29 Jack and Jill — A Love Story in Aqna- relles . . . . . -43 Jack and Jill — As it might have been written by Alfred Tennyson . . 86 Jack and Jill — As it might have been written by Thomas Buchanan Read . 90 Jack and Jill — As it might have been written by Thomas IMoore . . 95 Jack and Jill — As it might have been written by Walt Whitman . . 102 Jack and Jill — As it might have been written by Austin Dobson . .106 Jack and Jill — x^s it might have been written by Algernon Charles Swin- burne . . . . . .107 Jack and Jill — As written bv Thomas Hood in two languages . . . 109 IJST Ol' DRAW IXCv^, 1 K'.ul Pi<.\'i', C'onli-nls .... 7 Mill" 27 " 'riicir r(>s\' litlK' homo "... 11 luili.il, Thr WaUT Pail 45 " Thoso lo\ors knew 110 thirst '' . . 4^ Initial, TluMr Irishes . . . . 47 " 'Plu-\ hnnlcil hi^L^h llu-y hnnlcil low " . 48 Initial, PUu'khcny N'incs . . -49 Jill, Rcvcry 50 Initial, Cnpid Paniihin!^ . . . -51 " v^hc j;athcrs np hor sod hrow n hair" . 5.2 Initial, I Km- !^hoos ..... 5;^ " And tios it lonml hor iliniploil chin " . 54 Initial, Ciij)i(l vSliooliiio- r'roni a Hat . 55 Leaviiii^- Home . . . . -56 Initial, Landsca])e . . . • • 57 "Jack takes tlie hand she offers liini " . 58 Tea Pot, Cups and vSaucers . . -59 " And life itself a sweet romance " . .60 Initial, Cn])i(l vShamed . . , .61 " Pushed out into the open air " . .62 Initial, ClRMny Blossoms . . . -63 " They climbed and paused and climbed " 64 Initial, Up Hill 65 I'he loxers rest . . . . .66 Initial, Cupid Resting . . . -67 "Jill's eyes replied" . . . .68 Tail Piece, Our Water Pails . . .69 " They gathered blossoms b}' the way " . 70 Initial, Wivallicd Lcllcr . . . . " Tlicy hoard tlic notes of unseen larks '' Initial, I >islie\ele(l . . . . . Crossini;' the brook . . . . . Initial, Water X\-ni]-)h . . . . " And now they see refleeted there '' Tail Pieee, Jaek and Jill . . . . " Their shadows nestlin^- side l)\- side '' . Initial, Cnpitl Astonished Anionj^ the trees . . . . . Initial, Cujiid and Roses " And w hen her sweet eonsent was won Initial, Cupid Dippiu!^ Hearts in a Pail . flead Pieee, Addenda . . . . Head Pieee, v^eleetions . . . . P'iuis, Sweet Peas . . . . . I o 74 75 76 11 1^ 79 80 Si 10 1 no PUCK TO LYSANDER. On tlie *^rouiid sleep sound ; I'll apply to your eye. Gentle lover, remedy. When thou wakest, thou takest True delight m the sio-ht Of thy former lady's eye ; And the country- proverb known. That every man should take his own, In your waking shall be shown : Jaek shall have Jill. Naught shall go ill. SlIAKPJSPKARK MidsiDinncr X/o///'s /)ni \ccl;ir -'hhI Aiiihrosia is. The l<\ ol I'octs; so I thoiij'lit, saycs Jill, I li;il iii-'ik'", lli'iii lookc :,o k'liikc — so ^host- ikc ;,lill. )I)jy Lhonsands, 17 PREFATORY 19 Of the sixty-five millions of people, living in these United States, it may be asserted, with- out risk of contradiction, that more than ten millions have, at some period of their lives, been familiar with Mother Goose's story of Jack and Jill. No metrical romance could be more simple in construction or versification, — no incident could be more briefly narrated, for the edification of infant minds. In other countries and at other periods, a single line or verse of a ballad, arranged in rhythmic iteration, has nuned multitudes to deeds of daring, and sometimes to acts of vio- millions (>l iiuii ,iiul woiiu'ii wrrr iiri^ril oil lo Cl lU-1 .liul lU.llu'lOUS jHM Smil ions 1)\ llu' WlKl rrtVain : " All ' .ill ' ra ira, t.~a ira. " Tlio oNolution ol" this popular siHis^" lias a iiMuaiilir aiul lraj^i>." lulcrrst. " 1 a' Carillon Nalioiial."" llu- an lo wliu-h the words wore siiti!:;, was a lavorito oomposit u>ii with tho (Jiiocn 1^1 l-'raiKw aiul tlu- luiisii.- r(HMii ot tlu- Talaoo ot \ orsaillcs, pi\\sivU\l owr h\' (iliu'k, was, \\\ hor hai>picr ila\ s. filKnl willi the strains ot' this oapti- Naliiii^ nK-Kuh . otli.ai aov-ouipanuHl on tho harpsi- ciiord In' the (.^noon horsoll. A tew \cars later, by the au'fiil in;iiy of fate, the hideous hurdle that bore Marie Antoinette to the guillotine was surrounded by a tumultuous erowd of men and women, sin^in^ to the tune she had loved so well the terrific words : " Ah I ah ! ca ira, ca ira! A bas, les aristocrats. " A hundred years earlier, all the cities of P'Jig-- land were ring-ing with a melody that assumed the startling proportions of a national song: " Lero, lero, lilli burlero, Lero, lero, bull en a-la. " Senseless as the wc-irds appear they were set to a catching air that was whistled, played, or 23 sung', by half the popuhitit)!! of tlic kingdom. Macauhiy says of it : " F'roni one end of England to the other all elasses were eonstantly singing this idle rh\-nie, '' and in BoswelTs Life of John- son, Beanelerk is represented as saying : '' The ballad of Lilliburlero was onee in the months of all the people of this eonntry, and is said to have had a great effeet in In-inging abont the revolntion," (of t688). Bnt the time-worn qnatrain of Jack and Jill has a simpler significance and a more peacefnl mission. From Shakespeare's time to the pres- ent day, this familiar conjnnction of names has been nsed to represent the exp(ments, in rnstie life, of the sweet afiflnence of early love, as 24 Darby and Joan represent the niatnred affection and lo\-ing- attributes of a haj^p}- married life, supplemented by an old age of fireside comforts and genial surroundings. It is to be hoped that this literary \enture will not be the means of removing the amiable personalit\- of Jack and Jill from the entrancing realm of idealit}' to the more commonplace sphere of individual exper- ience. There is no intention to dispel an illusion so fascinating by an agency so unpretending. It is a consummation much to be desired, that the sweet fairy tales of Perrault and the Countess d'Aulnoy, the Melodies of Mother Goose, the absorbing storv of vSanta Clans, the historic wonders of William TelTs heroism, and all nar- 25 inti\cs (^1:1 kiiulroil rlass, \\\.\\ (."so;i]H" llu- x.imlal loiu~h ol i(.-oihK-l;ist u~ im^KlKMS ; that rcoilals likr llu'sc, iKHliiMtt-il [o ('\\\\(\\\ood\ ilicanitul lik\ \\\A\ (ovc\cv ixMiiaiu auiouL: llu' clK-rishcHl riMiiiu- isccnros of thai sloi \ -lolliu!:; aiul slor\ -lislouiiii; era, w hioh all look havM^ upon as a scasini ot uualloxod ilclii^lil. It nia\ l>c uri^cd In' some thai our sul>jool is loo simple to ho I houi^lil tully oonsidoroil ; luil w Ikmi il is well known thai a ilisliuj^uishod (.lonnan naturalist waoto two pon- dotous \olnnios uihui the i^rowth, hcaut\' and \italit\- ottlio wiui^s o\ a huttortlx . it will not ho thoui^ht a trixial niallor to doxoto an idle horn- to the disiinolixo oharaclorislios v>t' hiok and lill. 27 IXTRODUCTIOX On the 31st of August, in the year 1688, a notable event occurred in connection with the literary history of England. On that day, John Bunyan, the author of PilgTim\s Progress, died in the city of London. During the same month of the same year, there was born in the city of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, Elizabeth Vertigoose, whose parents subsequently changed their name to Vergoose, and finally abbreviated it to Goose. This infant girl, born into the world at about the same time that Bunyan left it, became the author of a little volume, published iu 1719, called '" Songs for the Nursery, or ]\Iother Goose's Melodies for Children. " It will not be thought inappropriate to con- sider the lives and productions of these two authors, as having similar characteristics and similar results. Both were born in poverty and of obscure parentage, and the daily avocations and personal surroundings of both were simple, primitive and uninviting. With an education limited to the merest rudiments of English study, the\- l)oth produced, in a widely different sphere, literary work that found a more enormous circu- lation and a more varied class of readers than anv other secular writings of ancient or modern times. Both of them lived in an era of piiritanic severity, of wide-spread superstition, and of bar- baric persecution. Both were early imbued with strict orthodox principles, and strange as it may seem, their literary- success and their literary fame were found in the alluring realm of alle- gory. With the sad experience, the unjust persecution, and the embittered life of Bunyan all the world is familiar; but of the uneventful career of the other personage mentioned little is known. In the office of the City Registrar of Boston we find recorded, under date of June 8, 1 715, the marriage, by the Rev. Cotton IMather, of Elizabeth Goose, Spinster, to Thomas Fleet, Printer. Elizabeth was then twenty-six 33 3'ears of age, and her husband was twenty-eight. He came to Boston at the age of twenty-one and started a printing house, doing most of the work himself upon a hand press ; and it was upon this hand press that was worked the first edition of Mother Goose's Melodies. If a veritable copy of this first edition could now be found, with its first page illustrated by a long-necked goose, the biblionumiacs of to-day would emulate each other in bidding for its possession. After the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Fleet took up their residence with the bride's mother, Mrs. Goose, who was at that time a widow li\iug in Pudding Lane, now called Devonshire Street. 34 Ill 1720 a son was born to the expectant house of Fleet, who was in due time christened John. Jack, as he was called in the home circle, was a charming boy, and the maternal instincts of the grandmother were stirred to their loving depths by this sweet scion of her race. Here we have an ideal home of a mechanic of the colonial period : The stalwart father and bread-winner, working at his trade ; the mother, busy with household cares ; and the grandmother, watching with gentle assiduity the sweet inmate of the nursery. Three gen- erations of loving hearts, beating with sympa- thetic throbs, and culminating in the glad fru- ition of paternal, maternal and grand-maternal 35 joys ; Ccicli liiipp}- in the performance of cher- ished and i;enial dnties, and each feeling that tlie air of their Imnihle lionie is made mnsical 1)y tlie oeiitle cooini^- of the infant l)oy. As the months go by, Jack becomes the life and pride of the family circle. His special pet, however, is his grandmother, to whose sole care he is most freqnently consigned ; to her loving li])s he gives his sweetest kisses, and to her listening ears his earliest words. His gentle presence and personal contact bring- new comfort into her life, and sweep away the growing cares of age. The opportnnities for reading and stud}- in those days, for families like this, were exceed- 36 ingly rare, Mrs. Fleet had none of the ad- vantages of a library to stimulate her mental powers. With the exception of her Bible and Pilgrim's Progress, the books she loved the best and read the most were Bishop Burnett's Histor}^ of the Reformation, Baxter's Call to the Unconverted, Fox's Book of Mart^-rs, and Milton's Paradise Lost. In view of an experi- ence so circumscribed, it would seem to be a striking evidence of the intellectual elasticity of Elizabeth Fleet's brain, that it could with- stand the sombre and depressing influences of literature like this. In the composition of all these works the form of imagery prevailed, and the genius of allegor}- controlled the evo- 37 lulioii and L'ltK'i(lali()ii of tlic iiarratixc. Il is not stranj^c, tlR-refoR', that tliis yonn*;' mother slionld ha\c' inil)il)c(l tlie same s])irit in the constrnction of her melodies. In tliese hiter chi\'S, when lier sons^s of tlie nursery are s\\eetl\' intoned 1)\' tlie mot]ier\s g'entle xoiee, the inlant ear catclies tlie rlullim and the infant mind treasures u]) the afiluent flow ol words. I^>ul the adult reader sees a deei)er nieauini; in the ^rotestjue lines, and oftentimes takes i^reat ])leasure in the attempted Solution of these jin^lini;' eonplets, so fraught with weird and (|uaint su])erstitions. In 1723, when Jaek Fleet was three 3'ears old, the busy housekeeper, inspired b\' the 38 crooning lullabies of grandniotlier (joose, pre- pared and ]ju1jlisli('d a second edition of her melodies, and dedicated the volinne to her little son. This new ]juhlicati(jn contained several versified narratives not found in the first edition. Xotable among these were Jack Sjjrat, Jack Horner, Jack the Oiant Killer, Jack and the P>ean Strdk, The Honse that Jack linilt, and Jack and Jill : the latter taking rank among the sweetest and choicest of our author's allegorical work. It does not need the cipher and crv])togram of an Ignatius iJfjnnell}- to fathom the charming love sketch tliat lies hidden in these four lines : 39 lack aiul Jill went up the- hill, To _i;cl a pail ol water; lack fell down aiul broke liis crown, And Jill came Inniklinj;- afler. lack and Jill arc two ideal lo\ers, — too youni;- to lo\e wiseU', but not too \'ouni;' to lo\e well. The hill nienlioned in the \erse represents the diriicult lo\e problem they are determined to sol\e ; their i:,()in^ uj) sinijdy means an honest desire to o\erconie all obstacles that an nns\-nipathi/.in_i; world may put in their way. The emptx' pail, that they carry between them, symbolizes a life without love, — an existence w ithoul hope ; and the sweet anticipation o{ reachiu!,^ the summit, and tillin;.; the pail, re- 40 veals to tlicni the joys that are in store upon tlie eiilniiiiation of tlieir ardent desires. Jaek and Jill, tlioui^li youniJ,- in years, are ins])ired by the instinets of older heads. They sen- sibly determine to restrain the rapture of their youthful hearts for a brief period, until the serious realities of life shall assume a rosier hue. I>ut when eaeh feels the throl)1)in_n- ])nlse and the warm hand-elasp of the other, on their journey u]) the hill, their wise resolves are scattered to the winds ; Jaek, no lousier able to control the lovin^- ini])ulses of his heart, '' falls down," and Jill, in _nenial and syni])athetic mood; comes tumbling- after. Were it possible for the s])irit of the author 41 ,,| llic (.1 ij',iii;il |:i>l: .ni'l jiH I" M'\ isit llic cilV ol llti l.lllll, .111(1 :.lir Wfic cillK'*! llpoll I,, lew llic llic :.|(.l\ ol lIliM' Iwn riislif li)\crs, ;,lic would, pel li:i|>:., willi iIk- f\|)criciiccs of I he iiiiKlccllI ll rclll III \ Ix-lolr lid , :ill«l til*" cllllllM- <»l llri ll;ill\r ril\ nil :il)<>lll luT, llirow ;illrvM>i\ ;isi(K\ niid v\\<- .'i "(W \risioii (•! \\rv 1.1 mil 1.11 .'.li>i \ . jy\CK A XI) jIIJ. A I.OVIv S'J'OkY IN AOr'AKivIJJvS 'J ^*^-~«c_ .1 f Vsw^ 44 . ^^%|.|aCK and Jill went np the hill, 1^^^^ 1 \\'itli empty water pail the}' started; Xo thou^^ht of aeeident or ill, — Jack full of fun, and Jill lioht-hcarted. II. They left their cozy little home, Their kitchen fire as yet uulighted; Thus in the crispy air to roam. Each satisfied, and each delighted. 45 II IIIv\' t'ould not iiinkr ;i riip of lea, ^ Nor rolk-i.' l)()il, not v\c\\ a lillk'; W 1utc'\t tIu-\- tnrni'd, llii'\M alwuN'S see An c'ni|)l\- pail or cniptN' kettle. T-lnl \'el tliese lowrs kni'w no lliirst, l)i\-a(le(l no Inlnre, as llie\- on^lil-ter, Alllion_L;li 'twas okxions from llie first, Tlieir eotlaijc' was (K-xoid ol water. 47 48 V. HEY hunted high — they hunted low — Xo instant did their efforts stop ; Jack said " There's none ;" Jill said " That's so. There isn't a drop — there isn't a drop." VI. Jack sweetly smiled and said to Jill, In accents soft that never fail — " I know a spring far up the hill, Let's go there, darling, with our pail." 49 5<> vri. IS tciKlcr ^^I'liirc, liis llioii^Hitfiil words, '\'<,\\r\\>-<\ llir- SVVC-et SCDSC of ^M-lltlc Jill, 1 *" I As oft the mellow soii^ of birds, ^'' W "]]] \,v\u'j to lovers' hearts a thrill. virr. Jill wmits ;i holidny, niid sees The very thiii^'; she w.'iiits, in si^Hit; A day with J;i< k ;mioii^^ ihe trees, A j>i(iiir full of r.'in- ddi^Hit. 52 v<^ ^ "iiL ■\ / IX. 1 \\ liMSh'iis lo nil iiiiici room, And liunics oil :i dixss ol cliiiil/. ; l\iir r.ihric from :i I,\'oiis loom, A SNiiiplioiiN' in iloi.il lints. X ySlir ^allicTS np liir soil hiown li.iir, A sliinini;, i;lininicrinv',, lipplini; scrciMi And witli il trims lu'i (oixdirad fiiir, Witli^n low rrin_L;c' of i^oUk'n slu\-n. 53 f "..,• >V| XT. Ill'', llicii pills oil licr hrond slr;i\\ li;it, A 11(1 1 ics it round In r (Inn pled (Inn ; /And lack's warm licait i;ocs pil a pal, 'I'o sec fill's sinilini' face williin. XII. vSlic iM'asps lie) llowini', skirts willi care And lills lliciii with a modest i^racx', Till lici- lair ankles v,lcaiiiiii,i', lliere, liriii"' ros\' llnslies to liei laec. 55 M' * -'XIII, Hiv stcj)S upon tlic h'lifliii^ ^niss, ],]'^]][-i'(>i)\c(\ ,'is u hoiiDflin^ fnAvii ; Tlic Irn'clicst, gentlest, fairest lass, 'I'liat ever trorl an cniciald lawn. XIV. Icr honny Taee is lit vvitli smiles, Her hlnc eyes sparkle in tlic snn ; Icr lan^-^liing words and artless wiles, \',y Jack are treasnrcfl one by one. 57 ^v , w^ 'V» 5'"^ XV. I I(|- winning' ways arc nil so rare - I Ic lays liis rapltirc at lio' Icct ; Slic seems so ij^raeions and so fiiir vSo sweetly l)nre — so piiicly sweet. XVI. jack t:ikes the IimikI she offcis liiiii, A li;m(l uiil;1o\c-(1, and soft, and \v:ii-n lie |)resses it willi e.'irnesl \ini, And j^azes on lli;it lovely lorni. -V. ««V^ -tm.lX .■59 6i) XVII. V puts his arm around her waist, And places something on her lips Something delicious to the taste — And more delicious as he sips. XVIII. Jill's head is bent in graceful poise. And Jack looks down, till glance meets glance; VV^ith them the earth is full of joys, And life itself a sweet romance. 6i 62 XIX. OW turn the}' from tlieir cottage door, Beneath those radiant summer skies ; Of mutual love an endless store, Reflected in each other's eves. XX. Thus, hand in hand, this loving pair. On culinary thoughts intent, Pushed out into the morning air. And jointh' braved that steep ascent. 63 64 XXI. P toward the suiiiiiiit of the hill, Each holding- b}- the empty pail, ■gl. They climbed and pansed — and climbed, nntil Their home was hidden in the vale. XXII. Anon, the}' rested in the shade, And watched, with e\-er-o-lad surprise, The flashing beauties of the glade — The gilded wings of butterflies. 66 ii: XXIII. HEY heard the murmur of the bees, And the soft low of distaut herds, // , 4\ That fed beneath the sheltering trees ' ^ ^ ^ Alive with flashing, twittering birds. XXIV. Jill, light of foot, flew on apace. Thinking she first might reach the water; But Jack, impatient, made the race. And, eyes all bright and smiling, caught her. 6/ . '1' V 68 XXV. " Don't hurry so," said honest Jack, '' In sunshine or in elc)ucly weather. Well neither falter nor turn back. But fill our water-pails too;ether." XXVI. JilTs eyes replied, and it would seem. They spoke a volume as they gazed, vSo .soft their hue, so bright their gleam, As to his face her look she raised. 69 ' >ii ^■4 ".^'iapa XXVII. IIIvY i^allicrcfl hlossoiiis hy tlic way, And ]istciK-fl to tlic wood dove's call ; Jack frank and ]ia])])\' Idillic and j^ay — Jill (k'linticst hlossoin of llicni a]]. XXVIII. '^J^lie .skies i^rcw hrii^liU-r as t]K-\- walked, The eartli seemed fairer vvliere tliev raiij^ed; And as tliey wandcrcfl there anrl talked. The very landsea]je\s tints were elian^ed. 71 \t kt .1. /^ :r A^ ■I < XXIX. IIICV foniul new joys in every ])hiee — Tlie onissy fields seemed lovely ])Jirks ; And flo.'itino- down etherial spaee, Tliev lie;ird the notes of nnseen larks. XXX. The hcd'^c rows ,^distened bri,^ht with dews Wild llowers were jewels in their eyes — A i^anoph'' of erinison hues, And pui-ple shades, ;ind yellow dyes. 73 XXXI. HE bright drops, from the lingering haze, Seemed only glittering for them — Grouping themselves on fair\- sprays, And ever}' spray a diadem. XXXII. Along the brook, through bending ferns, Thev saw the sunlight's fluttering beam ; And heard, among its curves and turns, The murmur of the rippling stream. 76 XXXIII. By the sweet waters' soothing flow, They gently rest on niossv seats, And words of lo\e in accents low, Are whis})ered in those calm retreats. XXXIW And now thev reach the crwstal ])ool. And now tliey see reflected there, l^pon that mirror, smooth and cool. Their radiant faces, briL'ht and fair. 77 'f^-fttitr ^ 7S XXXV. f — ' — K,- 1 ^^^ '^^ ^^i<-'y liii.l^cT Ileal- {]](■ slioiv, ^- ' \ l'])()ii its clear, iiiii-ii filed tide, m \ Tile sniiliL^lil paints in sweet relief, — Tlieir shadows nestlin-' side- l)\- side X X X \- 1 . Ivaeji Icniiii; i^lanee, from eaeli, invites A .^-eiitlcT phase of life's yonn,i; dream, And every ha])|)y niovfineiil writes Its sweet caresses on the stream. 79 J W'J 80 '} XXXVIT. HE hours seem niiinites as tliey A}- — The waning day declines too fast ; And every hour that passes by, Is all too l)eautilu] to last. XXXVIII. Meanwhile, " Our empty pail is here," vSaid smilino- Jack to smiling Jill ; " Let's fill it to the brim, my dear. And then we'll hasten down the hill." 8 1 1 ^^ '^ ^1 *.,J.T e/ S2 XXXIX. () sooner said than it was done, ^Jil^s lieart was trne, wlien Jaek lK*sought her; And when lier sweet consent was won, Tlie water-pail was fnll of water. ^ A ^ mmh JACK AND JILL AS IT MIC.II'I" IIWI', lil'.lvX \VKI')"1')':.\ Ii\' Tlllv AITIIOK ()!■ \..\\)\ ( I.AKA \'K\<\'\ \)\: \'i:\<\' I loiK'Sl Jack aiul |)rclt\- fill, I*'i'()n) iin- \(»ii shall not win a word, .\l)(»nt yoni" joni-ncx' np llic- hill — - I nicrcl\- hint at what ocrnrrcd. \'()n c-i"<)ssc(l the lawn, at cai'K- dawn, And linmTcd slowlx- as N-on wc-nt, 'l\) leather daisies on \-oni- wa\- — To snilf thf wild llowcrs' earliest scent. .S6 Pretty Jill and lioiiest Jack, A lowlier poet must rehearse, How you went up the hill and back, Theu tell vour stor\- all in \erse. With empty pail you left the vale, tCach bouud to each b\- pla\-ful oath. That you would bra\e that rugged hill — Aud lo\c lent eagerness to both. Honest Jack and pretty Jill, Your lo\ing hearts are full of mirth ; The sweetest annals but fulfil The simple stor\- of \-()ur birth. If some should fear, as \-ou appear, While on \-our, /ipu'cird march \-()U went, That you might falter on \-our wa\-. Others would smile at \-our dcscriil. '^1 I'rctt \' Jill ;iii'l li'iiic',! J;iATTJCr,I, I.DO.MIS, III X. V. lii(l(.-])(.'ii(lc'iil. 105 JACK AND JILL AS IT Mic.iri' iiA\i-; lii'.i'.N \\ritt]';n' ijv AUSTIN 1X;1^SC)N. 'I'licir pail tlicy did fill, In a crystalline sprini^k't, Hra\c Jack and fair Jill, Tlicir pail tlicy did 1111, At the top of the hill. Then she i;a\e him a rinj^let. Their pail the\- did till In a cr^'Stalline sprini^lct. They stnnihled and fell. And poor jack broke his h)rehead. Oh, how he did yell! Thev stnnd)led and fell, And went down pell-mell. Hv Jo\e ! it was horrid. ThcN' stnnihled and fell. And poor jack broke his lorehead. ClIAKM'.S H AT'l'i;i,l, LoO.MlS, hi X. \'. IuclriH'ii(U-nt. 106 JACK AND JILL AS IT MKVHT HAVK KEEN WRITTEN BY ALGERNON SWINBURNE. The sliudderiii.^- slieet of rain utlnvart the trees! The erashiiig- kiss of lightning- on the seas! The moan of the moist night-wind on tlie wold, That erstwhile was a gentle, mnrmnring breeze! On sneh a night as this went Jill and Jaek, With strong and sturdy strides, through dampness black, To find the hill's high top and water cold. Then toiling through the town to bear it back. 107 The water drawn, they rest awliile. vSwcct sips Of nectar then for Jack from JilTs red lips, And then, with arms entwined, the}' lionieward go; Till mid the mad nnuVs moistened mnsh Jack slips. Sweet heaven, draw a veil on his sad plight, His crazed cries and craninm cracked; the fright Of gentle Jill, her wretchedness and wo! Kind Ph(el)ns, dri\e tin* steeds and end this night! CiiARi.Ks Hattici.i, Loomis, In N. V. IiidepeiKk'Ul. JACK AND JILL AS TOM HOOD WROTE IT IN TWO LANGUAGES. 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