Cox, Palmer, 1840-1924 · New York, The Century co · leaf 42
It may be suffering of the frame,Or of the mind, t is all the same.You cant through foreign countries roamAnd have the comforts of a home ;You cant lie under leafy treesAnd at the same time sail the seas.Too late you rave of grass and flower;Now that you re in old Neptunes powerYou 11 more… … Thus talk wonton withready tongue,As still theBvownies stuckand clung.Ofttimes inclose embracewell lockedAcross tlie raftthey reeledand rockedBeneath theoverwhelmingstrokeOf crestedwaves thaton them oroke.Ofttimes some demon of the seaHigh in the airwould lifted he. i-,l I., icll wli.ii swam or…
Children's poetry
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