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For nothing; twenty times before;

Although you might have broke your arm;

Or met with any serious harm;

Your cries could give me no alarm;

They would not make me move the faster;

Nor apprehend the least disaster;

I should be sorry when I came;

But you yourself would be to blame。



John Hookham Frere '1769…1846'





THE STORY OF AUGUSTUS; WHO WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SOUP



Augustus was a chubby lad;

Fat; ruddy cheeks Augustus had;

And everybody saw with joy

The plump and hearty; healthy boy。

He ate and drank as he was told;

And never let his soup get cold。



But one day; one cold winter's day;

He screamed out … 〃Take the soup away!

O take the nasty soup away!

I won't have any soup to…day。〃



Next day begins his tale of woes;

Quite lank and lean Augustus grows。

Yet; though he feels so weak and ill;

The naughty fellow cries out still …

〃Not any soup for me; I say:

O take the nasty soup away!

I won't have any soup to…day。〃



The third day comes; O what a sin!

To make himself so pale and thin。

Yet; when the soup is put on table;

He screams; as loud as he is able; …

〃Not any soup for me; I say:

O take the nasty soup away!

I won't have any soup to…day。〃



Look at him; now the fourth day's come!

He scarcely weighs a sugar…plum;

He's like a little bit of thread;

And on the fifth day; he was … dead!



From the German of Heinrich Hoffman '1798…1874'





THE STORY OF LITTLE SUCK…A…THUMB



One day; mamma said: 〃Conrad dear;

I must go out and leave you here。

But mind now; Conrad; what I say;

Don't suck your thumb while I'm away。

The great tall tailor always comes

To little boys that suck their thumbs;

And ere they dream what he's about;

He takes his great sharp scissors out

And cuts their thumbs clean off; … and then;

You know; they never grow again。〃



Mamma had scarcely turned her back;

The thumb was in; alack! alack!

The door flew open; in he ran;

The great; long; red…legged scissors…man。

Oh; children; see! the tailor's come

And caught our little Suck…a…Thumb。

Snip! snap! snip! the scissors go;

And Conrad cries out … 〃Oh! oh! oh!〃



Snip! snap! Snip!  They go so fast;

That both his thumbs are off at last。

Mamma comes home; there Conrad stands;

And looks quite sad; and shows his hands; …

〃Ah!〃 said mamma; 〃I knew he'd come

To naughty little Suck…a…Thumb。〃



From the German of Heinrich Hoffman '1798…1874'





WRITTEN IN A LITTLE LADY'S LITTLE ALBUM



Hearts good and true

Have wishes few

In narrow circles bounded;

And hope that lives

On what God gives

Is Christian hope well founded。



Small things are best;

Grief and unrest

To rank and wealth are given;

But little things

On little wings

Bear little souls to heaven。



Frederick William Faber '1814…1863'





MY LADY WIND



My Lady Wind; my Lady Wind;

Went round about the house to find

A chink to set her foot in;

She tried the keyhole in the door;

She tried the crevice in the floor;

And drove the chimney soot in。



And then one night when it was dark

She blew up such a tiny spark

That all the town was bothered;

From it she raised such flame and smoke

That many in great terror woke;

And many more were smothered。



And thus when once; my little dears;

A whisper reaches itching ears …

The same will come; you'll find:

Take my advice; restrain the tongue;

Remember what old nurse has sung

Of busy Lady Wind。



Unknown





TO A CHILD



Small service is true service while it lasts:

Of humblest friends; bright creature! scorn not one:

The daisy; by the shadow that it casts;

Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun。



William Wordsworth '1770…1850'





A FAREWELL



My fairest child; I have no song to give you;

No lark could pipe to skies so dull and gray:

Yet; if you will; one quiet hint I'll leave you

For every day。



I'll tell you how to sing a clearer carol

Than lark who hails the dawn on breezy down;

To earn yourself a purer poet's laurel

Than Shakespeare's crown。



Be good; sweet maid; and let who will be clever;

Do noble things; not dream them; all day long:

And so make Life; and Death; and that For Ever

One grand sweet song。



Charles Kingsley '1819…1875'













RHYMES OF CHILDHOOD













REEDS OF INNOCENCE



Piping down the valleys wild;

Piping songs of pleasant glee;

On a cloud I saw a child;

And he laughing said to me:



〃Pipe a song about a lamb!〃

So I piped with merry cheer。

〃Piper; pipe that song again;〃

So I piped: he wept to hear。



〃Drop thy pipe; thy happy pipe;

Sing thy songs of happy cheer!〃

So I sang the same again;

While he wept with joy to hear。



〃Piper; sit thee down and write

In a book that all may read。〃

So he vanished from my sight;

And I plucked a hollow reed;



And I made a rural pen;

And I stained the water clear;

And I wrote my happy songs

Every child may joy to hear。



William Blake '1757…1827'





THE WONDERFUL WORLD



Great; wide; beautiful; wonderful World;

With the wonderful water round you curled;

And the wonderful grass upon your breast;

World; you are beautifully dressed。



The wonderful air is over me;

And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree …

It walks on the water; and whirls the mills;

And talks to itself on the tops of the hills。



You friendly Earth; how far do you go;

With the wheat…fields that nod and the rivers that flow;

With cities and gardens; and cliffs and isles;

And people upon you for thousands of miles?



Ah! you are so great; and I am so small;

I tremble to think of you; World; at all;

And yet; when I said my prayers to…day;

A whisper inside me seemed to say;

〃You are more than the Earth; though you are such a dot:

You can love and think; and the Earth cannot!〃



William Brighty Rands '1823…1882'





THE WORLD'S MUSIC



The world's a very happy place;

Where every child should dance and sing;

And always have a smiling face;

And never sulk for anything。



I waken when the morning's come;

And feel the air and light alive

With strange sweet music like the hum

Of bees about their busy hive。



The linnets play among the leaves

At hide…and…seek; and chirp and sing;

While; flashing to and from the eaves;

The swallows twitter on the wing。



The twigs that shake; and boughs that sway;

And tall old trees you could not climb;

And winds that come; but cannot stay;

Are gaily singing all the time。



From dawn to dark the old mill…wheel

Makes music; going round and round;

And dusty…white with flour and meal;

The miller whistles to its sound。



And if you listen to the rain

When leaves and birds and bees are dumb;

You hear it pattering on the pane

Like Andrew beating on his drum。



The coals beneath the kettle croon;

And clap their hands and dance in glee;

And even the kettle hums a tune

To tell you when it's time for tea。



The world is such a happy place;

That children; whether big or small;

Should always have a smiling face;

And never; never sulk at all。



Gabriel Setoun '1861…





A BOY'S SONG



Where the pools are bright and deep;

Where the gray trout lies asleep;

Up the river and over the lea;

That's the way for Billy and me。



Where the blackbird sings the latest;

Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest;

Where the nestlings chirp and flee;

That's the way for Billy and me。



Where the mowers mow the cleanest;

Where the hay lies thick and greenest;

There to track the homeward bee;

That's the way for Billy and me。



Where the hazel bank is steepest;

Where the shadow falls the deepest;

Where the clustering nuts fall free;

That's the way for Billy and me。



Why the boys should drive away

Little sweet maidens from the play;

Or love to banter and fight so well;

That's the thing I never could tell。



But this I know; I love to play

Through the meadow; among the hay;

Up the water and over the lea;

That's the way for Billy and me。



James Hogg '1770…1835'





GOING DOWN HILL ON A BICYCLE

A Boy's Song



With lifted feet; hands still;

I am poised; and down the hill

Dart; with heedful mind;

The air goes by in a wind。



Swifter and yet more swift;

Till the heart with a mighty lift

Makes the lungs laugh; the throat cry: …

〃O bird; see; see; bird; I fly。



〃Is this; is this your joy?

O bird; then I; though a boy;

For a golden moment share

Your feathery life in air!〃



Say; heart; is there aught like this

In a world that is full of bliss?

'Tis more than skating; bound

Steel…shod to the level ground。



Speed slackens now; I float

Awhile in my airy boat;

Till; when the wheels scarce crawl;

My feet to the treadles fall。



Alas; that the longest hill

Must end in a vale; but still;

Who climbs with toil; wheresoe'er;

Shall find wings waiting there。



Henry Charles Beeching '1859…1919'





PLAYGROUNDS



In summer I am very glad

We children are so small;

For we can see a thousand things

That men can't see at all。



They don't know much about the moss

And all the stones they pass:

They never lie and play among

The forests in the grass:



They walk about a long way off; 

And; when we're at the sea;

Let father stoop as best he can

He can't find things like me。



But; when the snow is on the ground

And all the puddles freeze;

I wish that I were very tall;

High up above the trees。



Laurence Alma…Tadema '18 …





〃WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?〃



Who has seen the wind?

Neither I nor you:

But when the leaves hang trembling;

The wind is passing through。



Who has seen the wind?

Neither you nor I:

But when the trees bow down their heads;

The wind is passing by。



Christina Georgina Rossetti '
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