WhenI was sick and a-bed,
　　
　　
　　
　　Ihad two pillows at my head,
　　
　　
　　
　　And all my toys beside me lay
　　
　　
　　
　　To keep me happy all the day .
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　And sometimes for an hour or so
　　
　　
　　
　　I watched my leaden soldiers go,
　　
　　
　　
　　With different uniforms and drills,
　　
　　
　　
　　Among the bed-clothes,throughthe hills;
　　
　　
　　
　　
　　And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
　　
　　
　　
　　All up and down among the sheets;
　　
　　
　　
　　Orbought my trees and houses out,
　　
　　
　　
　　And planted cities all about.
　　
　　
　　
　　I was the giant great and still
　　
　　
　　
　　That sits upon the pillow-hill,
　　
　　
　　
　　And ses before me ,dale and plain ,
　　
　　
　　
　　The pleasant land of counterpance.