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Then let not what I cannot have
My cheer of mind destroy:
Whilst thus I sing; I am a king;
Although a poor blind boy。
Colley Cibber '1671…1757'
BUNCHES OF GRAPES
〃Bunches of grapes;〃 says Timothy;
〃Pomegranates pink;〃 says Elaine;
〃A junket of cream and a cranberry tart
For me;〃 says Jane。
〃Love…in…a…mist;〃 says Timothy;
〃Primroses pale;〃 says Elaine;
〃A nosegay of pinks and mignonette
For me;〃 says Jane。
〃Chariots of gold;〃 says Timothy;
〃Silvery wings;〃 says Elaine;
〃A bumpety ride in a wagon of hay
For me;〃 says Jane。
Walter de la Mare '1873…
MY SHADOW
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me;
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see。
He is very; very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me; when I jump into my bed。
The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow …
Not at all like proper children; which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India…rubber ball;
And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all。
He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play;
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way。
He stays so close beside me; he's a coward you can see;
I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!
One morning; very early; before the sun was up;
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow; like an arrant sleepy…head;
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed。
Robert Louis Stevenson '1850…1894'
THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE
When I was sick and lay a…bed;
I had 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; through the hills;
And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
All up and down among the sheets;
Or brought my trees and houses out;
And planted cities all about。
I was the giant great and still
That sits upon the pillow…hill;
And sees before him; dale and plain;
The pleasant land of counterpane。
Robert Louis Stevenson '1850…1894'
THE LAND OF STORY…BOOKS
At evening when the lamp is lit;
Around the fire my parents sit;
They sit at home and talk and sing;
And do not play at anything。
Now; with my little gun; I crawl
All in the dark along the wall;
And follow round the forest track
Away behind the sofa back。
There; in the night; where none can spy;
All in my hunter's camp I lie;
And play at books that I have read
Till it is time to go to bed。
These are the hills; these are the woods;
These are my starry solitudes;
And there the river by whose brink
The roaring lions come to drink。
I see the others far away
As if in firelit camp they lay;
And I; like to an Indian scout;
Around their party prowled about。
So; when my nurse comes in for me;
Home I return across the sea;
And go to bed with backward looks
At my dear land of Story…books。
Robert Louis Stevenson '1850…1894'
THE GARDENER
The gardener does not love to talk;
He makes me keep the gravel walk;
And when he puts his tools away;
He locks the door and takes the key。
Away behind the currant row
Where no one else but cook may go;
Far in the plots; I see him dig;
Old and serious; brown and big。
He digs the flowers; green; red; and blue;
Nor wishes to be spoken to。
He digs the flowers and cuts the hay;
And never seems to want to play。
Silly gardener! summer goes;
And winter comes with pinching toes;
When in the garden bare and brown
You must lay your barrow down。
Well now; and while the summer stays;
To profit by these garden days
O how much wiser you would be
To play at Indian wars with me!
Robert Louis Stevenson '1850…1894'
FOREIGN LANDS
Up into the cherry tree
Who should climb but little me?
I held the trunk with both my hands
And looked abroad on foreign lands。
I saw the next door garden lie;
Adorned with flowers; before my eye;
And many pleasant places more
That I had never seen before。
I saw the dimpling river pass
And be the sky's blue looking…glass;
The dusty roads go up and down
With people tramping in to town。
If I could find a higher tree;
Farther and farther I should see;
To where the grown…up river slips
Into the sea among the ships;
To where the roads on either hand
Lead onward into fairy land;
Where all the children dine at five;
And all the playthings come alive。
Robert Louis Stevenson '1850…1894'
MY BED IS A BOAT
My bed is like a little boat;
Nurse helps me in when I embark;
She girds me in my sailor's coat
And starts me in the dark。
At night; I go on board and say
Good night to all my friends on shore;
I shut my eyes and sail away
And see and hear no more。
And sometimes things to bed I take;
As prudent sailors have to do;
Perhaps a slice of wedding…cake;
Perhaps a toy or two。
All night across the dark we steer;
But when the day returns at last;
Safe in my room; beside the pier;
I find my vessel fast。
Robert Louis Stevenson '1850…1894'
THE PEDDLER'S CARAVAN
I wish I lived in a caravan;
With a horse to drive; like a peddler…man!
Where he comes from nobody knows;
Or where he goes to; but on he goes!
His caravan has windows two;
And a chimney of tin; that the smoke comes through;
He has a wife; with a baby brown;
And they go riding from town to town。
Chairs to mend; and delf to sell!
He clashes the basins like a bell;
Tea…trays; baskets ranged in order;
Plates; with alphabets round the border!
The roads are brown; and the sea is green;
But his house is like a bathing…machine;
The world is round; and he can ride;
Rumble and slash; to the other side!
With the peddler…man I should like to roam;
And write a book when I came home;
All the people would read my book;
Just like the Travels of Captain Cook!
William Brighty Rands '1823…1882'
MR。 COGGS
A watch will tell the time of day;
Or tell it nearly; any way;
Excepting when it's overwound;
Or when you drop it on the ground。
If any of our watches stop;
We haste to Mr。 Coggs's shop;
For though to scold us he pretends;
He's quite among our special friends。
He fits a dice…box in his eye;
And takes a long and thoughtful spy;
And prods the wheels; and says; 〃Dear; dear!
More carelessness; I greatly fear。〃
And then he lays the dice…box down
And frowns a most prodigious frown;
But if we ask him what's the time;
He'll make his gold repeater chime。
Edward Verrall Lucas '1868…
THE BUILDING OF THE NEST
They'll come again to the apple tree …
Robin and all the rest …
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