PRINTED IN 1914 BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY._The Bed-Book of Happiness Being a colligation or assemblage of cheerful writings brought together from many quarters into this one compass for the diversion, distraction, and delight of those who lie abed,—a friend to the invalid, a companion to the sleepless, an excuse to the tired

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_SIR JESSE BOOT_

_If, in my pages, those who suffer find

Such cheer as warms your heart and lights your mind,

Glad shall I be, but gladder, prouder too,

If this my book become a friend like you_.

_RONDEL_

_BESIDE YOUR BED I COME TO STAY

WITH MAGIC MORE THAN HUMAN SKILL,

MY PAGES RUN TO DO YOUR WILL,

MY COVERS KEEP YOUR CARES AWAY.

THE NURSE ARRIVES WITH LADEN TRAY,

THE DOCTOR CANCELS DRAUGHT AND PILL;

BESIDE YOUR BED I COME TO STAY

WITH MAGIC MORE THAN HUMAN SKILL.

AND YOU THRO' FAERY LANDS WILL STRAY,

AT LAUGHTER'S FOUNTAIN DRINK YOUR FILL,

FOR THO' YOUR BODY CRY "I'M ILL!"

YOUR MIND WILL DANCE FROM NIGHT TO DAY.

BESIDE YOUR BED I COME TO STAY

WITH MAGIC MORE THAN HUMAN SKILL_.

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