Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894, Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, illus · New York, Scribner · leaf 76
ill be bright and quiet,And content with simple diet;And remain, through all bewildring,Innocent and honest children.[39] Happy hearts and happy faces,Happy play in grassy places —That was how, in ancient ages,Children grew to kings and sages. But the unkind and the unruly,And the sort who eat… … XXVIII L FOREIGN CHILDREN ITTLE Indian, Sioux or Crow,Little frosty Eskimo,Little Turk or Japanee,Oh! dont you wish that you were me? You have seen the scarlet trees And the lions over seas; You have eaten ostrich eggs, And turned the turtles off their legs. [41] Such a life is very fine,But its…
Children's poetry, English · Poetry
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