The Candlelight with Illustration by Elizabeth Shippen Green

The Candlelight – Girl Admiring the Candlelight – Illustration by Elizabeth Shippen Green
from The book of the little past, 1910 by Josephine Preston Peabody

The Candlelight
by Josephine Preston Peabody from The book of the little past, 1910

When I ‘ve wished on my first star,
While the rest begin,
And the grass is waking up,
Oh, She calls us in!
Then She calls us in.

But I wouldn’t go, unless
I were sure there’d be
Something more like that, indoors,
Something more to see,
Beautiful to see.

So She lights the candle then,
Where the shadows are.
And it stands, and holds its breath
Then it makes a Star,
Then it makes a Star!

I curl up for my good-night,
Dark, where I can see.
And I watch the Candle-light
Till It looks at me,
Oh, It looks at me!