| Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914. | | | | No Baby in the House | | By Clara Dolliver |
| | | NO baby in the house I know— | |
| ’Tis far too nice and clean; | |
| No toys by careless fingers strewn | |
| Upon the floors are seen. | |
| No finger-marks are on the panes, | 5 |
| No scratches on the chairs, | |
| No wooden men set up in rows, | |
| Or marshaled off in pairs; | |
| No little stockings to be darned, | |
| All ragged at the toes, | 10 |
| No pile of mending to be done, | |
| Made up of baby-clothes; | |
| No little troubles to be soothed, | |
| No little hands to fold; | |
| No grimy fingers to be washed, | 15 |
| No stories to be told; | |
| No tender kisses to be given, | |
| No nick-names—“Clove” and “Mouse;” | |
| No merry frolics after tea— | |
| No baby in the house. | 20 | | | |
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