The Land Of Counterpane

When I was sick and lay a -bed,

I had two pillows at my head,

And all my toys beside me lay

To keep me happy all day.

And some times for an hour or so

I watched my leaden soldiers go,

With different uniforms and drills,

Among the bedclothes, through the hill;

And sometimes sent my ships in fleets

All up and down among the sheets,

Or brought my trees and houses out;

And planted cities all about. 

I was the giant great and still

That sits upon the pillow hill,

And sees before him, dale and plain,

The pleasant land of counterpane.