| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1037. Garden and Cradle |
| | | By Eugene Field |
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| WHEN our babe he goeth walking in his garden, | |
| Around his tinkling feet the sunbeams play; | |
| The posies they are good to him, | |
| And bow them as they should to him, | |
| As fareth he upon his kingly way; | 5 |
| And birdlings of the wood to him | |
| Make music, gentle music, all the day, | |
| When our babe he goeth walking in his garden. | |
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| When our babe he goeth swinging in his cradle, | |
| Then the night it looketh ever sweetly down; | 10 |
| The little stars are kind to him, | |
| The moon she hath a mind to him, | |
| And layeth on his head a golden crown; | |
| And singeth then the wind to him | |
| A song, the gentle song of Bethle’m town, | 15 |
| When our babe he goeth swinging in his cradle. | |
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