Begbie, Harold, 1871-1929 / 2008-07-25 00:00:00

EBOOK THE BED-BOOK OF HAPPINESS ***


Produced by Paul Murray, Gene Smethers and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team.




"A GATHERING OF HAPPINESS, A CONCENTRATION AND COMBINATION OF PLEASANT
DETAILS, A THRONG OF GLAD FACES, A MUSTER OF ELATED HEARTS."
_CHARLOTTE BRONTE_


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, by
HAROLD BEGBIE

HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO


PRINTED IN 1914 BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY.


_to_
_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.
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