Book excerpt: Child Verse: Poems Grave & Gay by John B. Tabb is a collection of children's poems and nursery rhymes to help young readers understand the world around them. Hare-bells, At Cock-Crow, A Duet, The Bobolink, The Bluebird, The Woodpecker, Chimney Stacks, Butterfly, The Honey Bee, The Bee and the Blossoms, The Tax-Gatherer, Jack-o'-Lantern, The Pleiads, Jack Frost's Apology, A Cavalcade, Silk, and Seed-Time