LITTLE PHILLIS by Kate Greenaway

This vintage storybook page features an illustrated poem, by Kate Greenaway, about little girl named Phillis. Little Phillis is walking along a garden path, hand in hand with an older sister or her young mother. LITTLE PHILLIS

I AM a very little girl,
I think that I’ve turned two;
And if you’d like to know my name
I’d like to tell it you.

They always call me baby,
But Phillis is my name.
No-no one ever gave it me,
I think it only came.

I’ve got a pretty tulip
In my little flower-bed;
If you would like I’ll give it you –
It’s yellow, striped with red.

I’ve got a little kitten, but
I can’t give that away,
She likes to play with me so much;
She’s gone to sleep to-day.

And I’ve got a nice new dolly,
Shall I fetch her out to you?
She’s got such pretty shoes on,
And her bonnet’s trimmed with blue.

You’d like to take her home with you?
Oh no, she mustn’t go;
Good-by – I want to run now,
You walk along so slow.

Here is a cleaner version of the storybook illustration from the page. My original scan is from Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on images to enlarge.

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